Mobile and Baldwin County News
Eastern Shore attorney and former Prichard mayor A.J. 'Jay' Cooper entered the race for Baldwin County's open Senate District 32 seat, saying he was 'underwhelmed' by the Republican field and…
The phrase 'double-dipping' echoed through Alabama politics, but a survey of legislators, educators and attorneys found no agreement on what it actually meant, or whether it was a problem at…
Republican Trip Pittman and Democrat A.J. Cooper faced voters after a special election season that proved one thing above all: in Baldwin County, it costs far more to win a…
Trip Pittman's lopsided win over Randy McKinney in the Baldwin County Senate District 32 Republican runoff raised hard questions about how much a popular governor's endorsement is actually worth.
Gov. Bob Riley's decision to back Randy McKinney over Trip Pittman in a Republican runoff broke an unwritten rule and left Mobile and Baldwin Republicans debating what it cost the…
On the eve of the Baldwin County Senate District 32 runoff, political veterans offered sharply divided predictions, with negative mail and the governor's endorsement dominating the closing arguments.
Pre-election disclosures showed Randy McKinney raising more than $140,000 and Trip Pittman more than $130,000 in the closing weeks of the Baldwin County Senate District 32 Republican runoff.
With the special primary less than four weeks away, Alabama's interest groups had spread their money across five candidates in District 32, and the state's political veterans could not agree…
A threatened challenge to Baldwin County Commissioner David Ed Bishop's Republican credentials collapsed in July 2007 after a Democratic senator said a $150 contribution in his records had never been…
The Baldwin County commissioner and longtime Fairhope councilman joined the District 32 field, arguing the county sent more to Montgomery in lodging and gas taxes than it ever got back.