Baldwin County Senate Race Heats Up Over PAC Money Dispute
An independent challenger has accused incumbent Trip Pittman of breaking his no-PAC-money pledge in Baldwin County's District 32 Senate race.
Mobile’s Former Congressman Bonner Closed Out Campaign Fund With Gift to Alabama School of Math and Science
Records show Jo Bonner's Mobile-based campaign fund spent down over a year after he left Congress, ending with a gift to a local school.
Robert Battles Finally Wins a Mobile Election After Decades of Political Defeats
Longtime Mobile political activist Robert Battles won a seat on the Mobile County School Board after decades of election losses.
An $8,500 Pass-Through Splits Mobile County’s Democrats: Outrage or Politics as Usual?
Mobile County's Democratic leaders were divided over $8,500 in state party money that moved through their committee to a get-out-the-vote group. The chairman called it laundering. Others called it Tuesday.
Pro-Annexation PAC Raised More Than $81,000 as West Mobile Vote Neared
The Mobile Area Citizens Political Action Committee blew past its $75,000 goal, reporting $81,575 in contributions as the city campaigned for its west Mobile annexation vote like a political race.
The Speaker’s Wallet: How More Than $1 Million Kept Alabama’s House in Democratic Hands
Campaign records showed House Speaker Seth Hammett moved more than $1.4 million to Democratic candidates across Alabama in the 2006 cycle, including several from Mobile and the southwest counties.
Car Dealers’ Cash Lifts Democrat in Mobile County School Board Race Turning on Dodge’s Future
A $5,000 contribution from the local car dealers' PAC boosted Democrat Andrew Davis days before the 2006 election, in a Mobile County school board race shadowed by Superintendent Harold Dodge's…
Cash Flows in the GOP Race to Succeed Sheriff Jack Tillman
Campaign finance reports filed ahead of the June 6 primary showed three well-funded Republicans jockeying to succeed retiring Mobile County Sheriff Jack Tillman, each strong in a different way.
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…
Dow Raises Nothing, Peavy Banks $100,000: Mobile’s Campaign Finance Reports Land
Mayor Mike Dow reported zero contributions for all of 2004 and $18.47 in spending. Councilman John Peavy opened a mayoral account that hit six figures in five days, most of…