Recount to Decide Byrne’s Runoff Rival for Governor
Alabama Republicans moved toward a statewide recount of their June 1 primary for governor after Tim James trailed Robert Bentley by just 167 votes for the second runoff spot behind…
GOP Primary Turnout Outdraws Democrats in Alabama for the First Time
Nearly 492,000 Alabamians voted in the Republican primary against 319,000 in the Democratic primary, a reversal without precedent in a non-presidential year and a warning sign for the state's Democratic…
Byrne and Bentley Head to a Runoff, and the Teachers’ Union Looms Over It
Bradley Byrne led the Republican primary for governor, but the buzz belonged to Robert Bentley. Ahead of the July 13 runoff, the fight turned on the Alabama Education Association and…
The Davis-Reed Rift: A Feud That Tested the Machinery of Alabama’s Democratic Party
The public break between gubernatorial front-runner Artur Davis and Democratic power broker Joe Reed raised a question veteran Alabama strategists were happy to answer: is the old machine still the…
Tyson’s Options Narrow: Democrats Look Elsewhere for an Attorney General Candidate
Mobile County's district attorney was his party's nominee for attorney general in 2006. Three years on, the path to a rematch looks steeper, and other Democrats are circling the 2010…
South Alabama Democrats Float an Independent Run for Jim Folsom Jr., and Fellow Party Members Wince
Some south Alabama supporters urged Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom Jr. to skip the 2010 Democratic primary and run for governor as an independent. Party veterans warned the math simply did…
Artur Davis Brought a Campaign for Governor to Mobile — and a Pronunciation Lesson
The congressman told about 100 Mobile Democrats that Alabama's past need not dictate its future, made education his central theme, and asked the city's television anchors to note that his…
Tim James Put $2 Million of His Own Money Into an Early Run for Governor
The only announced candidate for governor in 2010 reported putting $2 million of his own money into his campaign, with a Montgomery headquarters, a Birmingham satellite office and 40 counties…
Alabama Leaders Proposed Study of Florence-to-Mobile Freeway in 2008
A 2008 report covered a proposed state commission to study financing and building a freeway from Florence to Mobile.
After a Bruising Loss, Luther Strange Looks at the Attorney General’s Office
Sources said the Birmingham lawyer and lobbyist, whose 2006 run for lieutenant governor ended in defeat, was measuring a 2010 campaign for attorney general against incumbent Republican Troy King.