Mark Erwin’s district attorney campaign assembled a fundraising host list spanning ex-congressmen, former mayors, sitting legislators and both parties, aiming to raise roughly $70,000 in two hours.
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A Who’s Who of Mobile Lined Up Behind Sam Jones — Including Two Men and Women He Beat
Nearly 150 hosts, at $1,000 a couple, signed on to a December reception for Mobile Mayor Sam Jones — among them Ann Bedsole and John Peavy, two rivals from the 2005 race that made him the city’s first black mayor.
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Congressman Artur Davis Works a Mobile Room as Talk of Higher Office Grows
U.S. Rep. Artur Davis of Birmingham came to Mobile for a Dutch-treat luncheon with three dozen politically active locals, an introduction arranged as speculation about a future statewide run followed him.
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Loans of $190,000 Fuel Peavy’s Late Push in Mobile Runoff
John Peavy’s campaign spent more than $250,000 in a month and took out $190,000 in loans, guaranteed by a group of Mobile businessmen, to close the gap on Sam Jones before the runoff.
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Three Golden Ages and a Silver One: Reading Mobile’s History in Its Buildings
In a March 2005 series on Mobile’s golden age, attorney Palmer Hamilton argued the city had three of them, and that the proof stands in its churches, schools and antebellum houses.
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Dow’s Exit Sets Off a Scramble: The 2005 Race for Mayor of Mobile Takes Shape
With Mayor Mike Dow preparing to confirm he would not seek a fifth term, Mobile’s 2005 mayoral field began to form around Ann Bedsole, Sam Jones, John Peavy and Bess Rich.