State Rep. Jeremy Oden was in line for a seat on the Alabama Public Service Commission, while a Mobile precinct canvass showed President Obama winning roughly 60 percent inside the city.
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Baldwin County
After the 2012 Vote, Mobile Bay Analysts Tally the Winners and Losers
Days after the 2012 election, attorneys, consultants and officials across the Mobile Bay area weighed the winners and losers beyond the obvious, from ticket-splitting to the AEA’s comeback.
Baldwin County
Broker Chip Brown Prepares Another Run for the Public Service Commission
Mobile commercial real estate broker Chip Brown signaled plans to run again for the Alabama Public Service Commission, this time for the presidency, after a narrow loss in the 2010 Republican primary.
Baldwin County
Confessions of the Crossover Voter: Alabama Politicos Owned Up
Partisanship in Montgomery had rarely been nastier. So how many Mobile-area Democrats and Republicans had never once voted for the other side? Asked directly, remarkably few could claim it.
Baldwin County
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 governor’s office.
Local News
Beyond the Obvious: Mobile Insiders Sort the Winners and Losers of the 2006 Election
Bob Riley won, Luther Strange and John Tyson lost. But when the sun came up Wednesday, Mobile-area political hands saw a more complicated ledger of winners and losers across Alabama.
Baldwin County
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.
Baldwin County
Where Mobile’s Candidates Planned to Watch the Returns on Election Night 2006
From Wintzell’s to a riverside restaurant on Dog River, Mobile-area candidates and their supporters made plans to gather across the region as voters prepared to decide their fates on Tuesday.
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Absentee Requests Sag Again in Mobile County, Pointing to Low Turnout on Election Day
Mobile County’s probate judge reported 2,824 absentee ballot requests and about 1,200 returns days before the November 2006 election, figures he said pointed to a low turnout.
Baldwin County
Political Notebook: Democrats Seek a Soft Spot in Bob Riley’s Re-election Armor
With Amendment One fading from memory and Gov. Bob Riley courting industry, Alabama Democrats searched for a weakness heading into the fall campaign, while local sidewalks and a federal lawsuit stirred Mobile.