A survey released by supporters of Mobile County Presiding Circuit Judge Charlie Graddick showed him with a commanding lead over Chuck Malone in the Republican race for chief justice, crediting an early television campaign.
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Local News
Inside the 2005 Mobile Mayor’s Race: A Campaign as Its Operatives Saw It
A trove of correspondence from operatives in Mobile’s 2005 mayoral campaign shows how insiders read the polls, the TV buys and the racial arithmetic of the race that elected Sam Jones.
Baldwin County
Luther Strange Circulates a Poll, and Alabama Republicans Start Looking at 2010
Two years after losing the lieutenant governor’s race, attorney Luther Strange sent supporters a poll showing him tied with Congressman Artur Davis in a hypothetical 2010 matchup for governor.
Mobile
Poll Found Most Mobile County Voters Thought the Schools Were on the Right Track
A survey of 512 registered voters found 45.6 percent believed Mobile County public schools were on the right track. Among the critics, the school board drew far more blame than teachers, parents or students.
Citronelle
A Mother’s Notes to a Son: An Election, a Wedding, and a Mobile Household in 2004
A collection of e-mails from a Mobile mother to her grown son captures the 2004 election season as it was lived in one Alabama household: gloom, gallows humor, wedding logistics and a great deal of wine.
Mobile
The Rain Came Down: How a Soggy, Sleepy Primary Reshaped the District 2 Commission Race
Rain, a holiday weekend and plain apathy held turnout to 16.2 percent in the June 1, 2004 Mobile County primary, an outcome that pushed newcomer Ralph Buffkin into a runoff with Stephen Nodine.