Mobile’s Former Congressman Bonner Closed Out Campaign Fund With Gift to Alabama School of Math and Science
Records show Jo Bonner's Mobile-based campaign fund spent down over a year after he left Congress, ending with a gift to a local school.
AL-01 Candidate Bradley Byrne Points to Two-Year College Cleanup in Bid for Congress
Bradley Byrne, a Mobile native running for the First Congressional District seat, made his case to Southwest Alabama voters in September 2013 by leaning on his record cleaning up Alabama’s…
Jo Bonner Moves Resignation From Congress to Aug. 2, Setting Stage for Special Election
Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, accelerated his departure from Congress, telling House leadership he would step down on Aug. 2 instead of his originally planned mid-August date. The move, announced weeks…
Three Finalists Named for Mobile Judgeship as Port Authority Taps New Trade Chief
A Mobile judicial committee narrowed its field to three finalists as the Alabama State Port Authority named Frank Fogarty its new vice president for trade and development.
Orange Beach Developer Peter Gounares Enters First District Race Again
Orange Beach developer Peter Gounares announced another Republican primary challenge for Alabama’s First Congressional District, pledging a focus on jobs and on resolving lingering damage from the Gulf oil spill.
Tea Party Challenger Pete Riehm Takes On Rep. Jo Bonner
Retired Navy commander Pete Riehm updated his congressional campaign as he challenged incumbent Rep. Jo Bonner in the Republican primary, while Bonner collected a national pro-business award in Mobile.
Endorsements and Fish Fries Crowd the Calendar as Primary Day Nears
With Alabama's June 1 party primaries days away, campaigns across Mobile and Baldwin counties raced to stack up endorsements, rallies and receptions, from a Battleship Park fish fry to a…
A Mobile Businessman’s Book Reopened a Long Fight Over a Family Trucking Company
Tommy Fulton scheduled a signing in Magnolia Springs for 'An Act of Congress,' his account of the succession battle that put his family's Finch Companies in court against a future…
A Mobile Seat on the University of Alabama Board Comes Open, and a Quiet Fight Begins
Oliver Delchamps Jr.'s move to emeritus status leaves a first congressional district seat on the University of Alabama board open, and the Senate may have the last word.