Circuit Judge Ferrill D. McRae, appointed by George Wallace 41 years earlier and the longest continuously serving judge in Alabama history, planned to step down from the Mobile bench on Oct. 1, 2006.
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Baldwin County
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Report Card: Grading Mobile’s Anonymous Election Prophets
With the June 2006 primary returns counted, the newspaper graded the anonymous insiders who had forecast the vote, handing out marks from A-minus to a blunt D in a lighthearted report card on the region’s political prophets.
Baldwin County
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On the Eve of the 2006 Primary, Mobile’s Insiders Placed Their Bets
Ahead of Alabama’s June 2006 party primaries, a panel of anonymous Mobile-area political insiders forecast the sheriff’s race, the state Supreme Court contests and two closely watched coastal state Senate seats.
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Ferrill McRae’s Retirement Opened a Mobile Circuit Judgeship — and the Juvenile Bench Stirred Too
The retirement of one of Mobile County’s best-known circuit judges created a rare open seat, and three Republican names surfaced almost immediately. A juvenile court race was taking shape as well.