Trip Pittman’s lopsided win over Randy McKinney in the Baldwin County Senate District 32 Republican runoff raised hard questions about how much a popular governor’s endorsement is actually worth.
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On the Eve of a Bruising 2006 Election, Mobile Insiders Place Their Bets
As a hard-fought general election approached, attorneys, lobbyists and officials around Mobile and Baldwin counties handicapped races from governor to the local juvenile bench, and braced for a low turnout.
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Report Card: Grading Mobile’s Anonymous Election Prophets
With the June 2006 primary returns counted, the newspaper graded the anonymous insiders who had forecast the vote, handing out marks from A-minus to a blunt D in a lighthearted report card on the region’s political prophets.
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On the Eve of the 2006 Primary, Mobile’s Insiders Placed Their Bets
Ahead of Alabama’s June 2006 party primaries, a panel of anonymous Mobile-area political insiders forecast the sheriff’s race, the state Supreme Court contests and two closely watched coastal state Senate seats.
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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.