Tag: plurality election

Coverage of plurality election from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.

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A voter casting a ballot at a polling place, illustrating Alabama's 1st Congressional District special primary election on August 11

Three Republicans, One Ballot, No Runoff: The August 11 Special Primary That Will Likely Decide Who Represents Coastal Alabama

admin, July 13, 2026July 14, 2026

Jerry Carl, John Mills and Austin Sidwell are competing for the Republican nomination in Alabama’s 1st Congressional District on Aug. 11 — a plurality contest with no runoff, in a summer election where turnout is the biggest unknown.

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South Alabama Democrats Float an Independent Run for Jim Folsom Jr., and Fellow Party Members Wince

admin, March 4, 2009

Some south Alabama supporters urged Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom Jr. to skip the 2010 Democratic primary and run for governor as an independent. Party veterans warned the math simply did not work.