Mobile and Baldwin County News
Final campaign finance reports before the June 29, 2004 runoff showed Stephen Nodine and Ralph Buffkin each spending more than they raised, leaving both nearly broke on the eve of…
As Ralph Buffkin and Stephen Nodine headed toward a June 2004 runoff, both raced to distance themselves from Mayor Mike Dow. A look inside four mayoral elections explains why.
Third-place finisher Austin Rainwaters endorsed Stephen Nodine in the 2004 Mobile County Commission District 2 runoff, saying his supporters were unanimous in rejecting Ralph Buffkin.
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…
The last campaign finance reports before the June 1, 2004 primary showed Mobile County Commission and school board candidates burning through cash, with big PAC checks and a late surge…
Pre-election campaign finance filings in May 2004 showed Mobile County Commission candidates raising tens of thousands of dollars from PACs, contractors, doctors and developers ahead of the June 1 primary.
A 2004 survey of Mobile County Commission candidates found nearly unanimous opposition to a proposed onshore liquefied natural gas terminal at Hollingers Island in south Mobile County.
An opinion from the Alabama Attorney General held that Mobile County Commissioner Freeman Jockisch vacated his seat upon his federal fraud conviction, leaving the governor to fill the vacancy.
With the Republican primary set for June 1, one veteran observer sized up the Mobile County Commission contests in Districts 2 and 3, where a federal trial loomed over a…