Don Foster told the county Democratic committee he would stack his record against either Republican. Across town, criminal defense lawyers filled a courtyard for attorney general candidate Michel Nicrosi.
Tag: Mobile County Democratic Party
Foley
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Democrats Land Don Foster for District Attorney as Qualifying Deadline Passes
Former U.S. Attorney Don Foster qualified just before Friday’s deadline, giving Mobile County Democrats a candidate for an office their party has held for more than three decades.
Chickasaw
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South Alabama Sizes Up Joe Biden: Mixed Verdicts From Mobile’s Political Class
Judges, lawyers, party officials and consultants across Mobile and the Eastern Shore delivered a split verdict on Barack Obama’s selection of Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate in August 2008.
Chickasaw
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School Board Hopeful Quits Democratic Primary, Calls County Party ‘a Disgrace’
LaVeeshia Pittman abandoned the Democratic primary for Mobile County school board District 3, saying party leaders discouraged her. The county chairman said no one in the party had ever met her.
Mobile
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Langham Bows Out of Treasurer’s Race, Leaving Democrats Scrambling Before Friday’s Deadline
Retired labor leader Don Langham decided against a run for Mobile County treasurer, reopening the question for Democrats with the qualifying deadline hours away. Party chairman Brad Warren reconsidered his own bid.
Baldwin County
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A Retired Union Leader Entered the Treasurer’s Race — With One Condition
Don Langham said he would run for Mobile County treasurer as a Democrat unless party officials allowed a troubled congressional candidate to qualify, a caveat that revealed the party’s anxieties.
Local News
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He Wanted the Job So He Could Eliminate It: A Candidate Runs to Abolish the County Treasurer’s Office
The chairman of the Mobile County Democratic Party announced a run for county treasurer on a pledge to shut the office down within two years, calling the post an expensive relic of another era.
Baldwin County
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Mobile County Voted First: Primary Day on the Coast, and an Obama Operation ‘On Fire’
Because Super Tuesday collided with Mardi Gras, Mobile and Baldwin voted a week early. Democratic organizers reported heavy turnout in Republican strongholds and out-of-state volunteers working the county.
Local News
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A Punch on the Senate Floor, and a Standing Ovation in Birmingham
State Sen. Charles Bishop was publicly condemned for punching a Democratic colleague on the Alabama Senate floor. At a Republican dinner in Birmingham, he got a standing ovation, and Mobile Democrats were appalled.