Former school board president Bill Meredith threw his support behind Grand Bay farmer David Sessions in the House District 105 special election, as a third rival signaled he would vote for the Constitution Party candidate instead.
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Baldwin County
Emails and Amended Filings Reveal AEA’s Robo-Call Push for Bentley in GOP Runoff
Amended campaign finance reports and a trail of emails documented hundreds of thousands of teachers’ union robo-calls made on behalf of Robert Bentley during his Republican runoff against Bradley Byrne.
Local News
Lorrie Morgan Headlines Sparks Rally as Democrats Weigh Davis Exit and Bingo Indictments
Country star Lorrie Morgan headlined a Mobile fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ron Sparks, where the talk among some 200 Democrats turned to Artur Davis and the federal gambling-corruption indictments.
Baldwin County
Coastal Money Rallies to Robert Bentley After GOP Gubernatorial Nomination
Campaign finance records showed a wave of Mobile and Baldwin County support flowing to Republican gubernatorial nominee Robert Bentley after he won the party’s nod, with several coastal donors giving five figures.
Local News
Recount to Decide Byrne’s Runoff Rival for Governor
Alabama Republicans moved toward a statewide recount of their June 1 primary for governor after Tim James trailed Robert Bentley by just 167 votes for the second runoff spot behind Bradley Byrne.
Baldwin County
GOP Primary Turnout Outdraws Democrats in Alabama for the First Time
Nearly 492,000 Alabamians voted in the Republican primary against 319,000 in the Democratic primary, a reversal without precedent in a non-presidential year and a warning sign for the state’s Democratic Party.
Local News
Artur Davis Said to Be in Line for U.S. Attorney Post After Primary Loss
Legal and Justice Department sources said the congressman defeated in Alabama’s Democratic gubernatorial primary could be offered the U.S. attorney’s job in Montgomery, a post left conspicuously unfilled.
Baldwin County
Insiders Sort the Winners and Losers of Alabama’s Primary Night
The morning after Alabama’s June 1 primaries, political veterans across the Mobile Bay area tried to explain Robert Bentley’s surge, Artur Davis’s collapse and the defeat of a sitting attorney general.
Baldwin County
Political Insiders Hand In Their Predictions Before the June 1 Primary
Days before Alabama’s June 1 primaries, a panel of lawyers, lobbyists, former officeholders and consultants offered their forecasts on the governor’s race, two district attorney contests and the fight over the state’s political future.
Mobile
Alabama Democratic Conference Backs Herman Thomas in Senate District 33 Fight
The state party’s Black political caucus endorsed former Circuit Judge Herman Thomas over incumbent Sen. Vivian Figures, giving a jolt to one of Mobile’s most closely watched Democratic primaries.