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.
Luther Strange Circulates a Poll, and Alabama Republicans Start Looking at 2010
Two years after losing the lieutenant governor's race, attorney Luther Strange sent supporters a poll showing him tied with Congressman Artur Davis in a hypothetical 2010 matchup for governor.
A Birmingham Congressman Kept Turning Up in Mobile, and Everyone Knew Why
U.S. Rep. Artur Davis delivered his 'false choices' speech to the Mobile Rotary Club, his second appearance in the city in about a month, as speculation grew about a 2010…
Chris Galanos Weighs a Return to the Bench as McRae’s Seat Opens
Former District Attorney and Circuit Judge Chris Galanos was said to be weighing a run for the judgeship being vacated by Ferrill McRae, weeks after resolving a domestic violence charge.
A Chickasaw Politician’s Quiet Campaign to Free a Louisiana Governor
Former Mobile County Tax Assessor Ken Malone planned a public crusade to free imprisoned ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards. After a two-hour prison visit in 2007, he agreed to fight quietly…
Mobile Republicans Bet on Giuliani as GOP Women Fill the Statehouse Galleries
Local GOP leader Jerry Lathan made the electability case for Rudy Giuliani while busloads of the Alabama Federation of Republican Women descended on Montgomery for Red Wave Day.
Oddsmaker Made Mike Dow the Favorite for Governor. Alabama’s Political Class Was Not Buying It.
A nationally known Mobile oddsmaker installed former Mayor Mike Dow as an even-money favorite in the 2010 governor's race. Consultants, lawyers and party officials lined up to explain why the…
Mobile County Voters Handed Jim Folsom the Lieutenant Governor’s Office
Luther Strange ran roughly 9,000 votes behind other Republicans on the Mobile County ballot in 2006. Flip those votes and he wins statewide. Instead, Jim Folsom returned to the lieutenant…
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.