With qualifying a year away, Mobile County Democratic leaders ran a hands-on workshop on recruiting candidates, raising money and organizing communities early.
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Local News
Mobile County Democrats Set a Goal of Turning Blue by 2020
Mobile County Democratic leaders told supporters the party could gain the upper hand as soon as 2020 if it solves a persistent problem: turnout in its own strongholds.
Baldwin County
‘Underwhelmed’ by the GOP Field, Jay Cooper Enters the Baldwin Senate District 32 Race
Eastern Shore attorney and former Prichard mayor A.J. ‘Jay’ Cooper entered the race for Baldwin County’s open Senate District 32 seat, saying he was ‘underwhelmed’ by the Republican field and moved more by duty than desire.
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Kim Pettway Appointed to Mobile Water and Sewer Board
Kim Pettway, a University of South Alabama instructor active in Democratic campaigns, was appointed to the City of Mobile’s Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners, filling the seat left by the late Rev. Wesley James.
Local News
Democrat James Anderson Courts Wary Conservatives in Attorney General Bid
Democratic attorney general nominee James Anderson campaigned through Mobile, making the case that his mainstream record should appeal to conservative voters who have drifted toward the Republican column.
Local News
Lorrie Morgan Headlines Sparks Rally as Democrats Weigh Davis Exit and Bingo Indictments
Country star Lorrie Morgan headlined a Mobile fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ron Sparks, where the talk among some 200 Democrats turned to Artur Davis and the federal gambling-corruption indictments.
Local News
A Lifelong Democrat at 84 Casts His First Republican Ballot
For 84 years John Tyson Sr. had known only one party. This month, to back a candidate for Mobile County district attorney, the veteran Democrat did something he had never done before: he asked for a Republican primary ballot.
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Prichard Council President Bracy Draws Endorsements in House Runoff
Prichard City Council President Napoleon Bracy picked up the backing of two former lawmakers as he headed into a Democratic runoff for the Alabama House District 98 seat.
Local News
Foster Would Take the Party Label Off the District Attorney’s Race — and the Bench
The Democratic nominee for Mobile County district attorney says prosecutors and judges should not run under party banners at all, even as he prepares to appear on the November ballot as one.
Mobile
A Phantom Website Pushed Steve Nodine for Mayor. He Said He Wasn’t Running.
An anonymous website urged Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine to challenge Mayor Sam Jones in 2009. Nodine said flatly that he would not run, and his allies accused the mayor’s camp of manufacturing an opponent.