Michael Galloway, a Mobile native who worked for Sonny Callahan and Jo Bonner, became chief of staff to Rep. Parker Griffith days after the congressman’s entire staff resigned over his party switch.
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Baldwin County
White Powder Closes Bonner’s Mobile and Foley Offices as Labs Test the Substance
The Mobile and Foley district offices of U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner were closed and checked for contamination after employees opened envelopes containing baggies of white powder.
Baldwin County
Sparks Stays in the Governor’s Race, Passing Up an Open Congressional Seat
Ron Sparks scheduled a three-city announcement tour and let speculation build that he might abandon the governor’s race for the 5th District. The scheduling itself gave away the answer.
Baldwin County
Conscience or Survival? Alabama’s Political Class Weighs the Griffith Defection
Republicans, Democrats and operatives across Alabama, including Mobile County party figures, offered blunt assessments of Parker Griffith’s party switch. Almost none of them called it principle.
Local News
Alabama Democrats ‘Betrayed’ by Griffith’s Jump to the GOP, Party Chairman Says
State Democratic chairman Joe Turnham said thousands of Alabama Democrats felt betrayed by Rep. Parker Griffith’s switch to the Republican Party, and demanded he return the money they raised for him.