On the eve of the Baldwin County Senate District 32 runoff, political veterans offered sharply divided predictions, with negative mail and the governor’s endorsement dominating the closing arguments.
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Both Baldwin Senate Runoff Campaigns Raised More Than $100,000 in Final Weeks
Pre-election disclosures showed Randy McKinney raising more than $140,000 and Trip Pittman more than $130,000 in the closing weeks of the Baldwin County Senate District 32 Republican runoff.
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Five Republicans, One Baldwin Senate Seat and No Clear Favorite
With the special primary less than four weeks away, Alabama’s interest groups had spread their money across five candidates in District 32, and the state’s political veterans could not agree on a winner.
Baldwin County
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A Senate Subcommittee Steered Millions Toward South Alabama Science and Coasts
A $30 million engineering center at South Alabama, a NOAA disaster response center on the Gulf, oyster bed reseeding and hurricane monitoring were among the projects approved in the 2008 spending bill.
Baldwin County
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Trip Pittman Enters the Race for Baldwin County’s Vacant Senate Seat
Montrose businessman Trip Pittman announced a Republican campaign for the Alabama Senate seat left open when Bradley Byrne took over the state’s two-year college system, with the primary set for Aug. 7.
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Byrne’s Exit Set Off a Republican Scramble in Baldwin County
Bradley Byrne’s move to the two-year college chancellor’s office opened Senate District 32 in the most Republican county in Alabama. Party insiders handicapped a field that had not yet formed.
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Daphne’s William Wynne Named to Alabama Pardons and Paroles Board
Gov. Bob Riley appointed William Wynne Jr. of Daphne, chief U.S. probation officer for the Southern District of Alabama, as a special member of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.
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Small Talk in Daphne: The Quiet Newcomer Who Toppled a Political Regime
Daphne’s new mayor runs a convenience store, quietly bankrolls a Catholic school, kept every city official he inherited and says his only agenda is controlling the growth barreling toward the Eastern Shore.
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A Brilliant Surrender: The Provocative Case for Dissolving Mobile and Starting Over
With Mobile slipping to third-largest city in Alabama and annexation stalled, a satirical dialogue floats a radical fix: abolish the city entirely, fold it into the county and build metro government from scratch.