Days after the 2012 election, attorneys, consultants and officials across the Mobile Bay area weighed the winners and losers beyond the obvious, from ticket-splitting to the AEA’s comeback.
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As Alabama Picks a Chief Justice, Mobile Lawyers Weigh Vance’s Long-Shot Bid
With Election Day near, Mobile attorneys and political veterans weighed whether Democrat Robert Vance could overcome Roy Moore’s name recognition in the 2012 race for Alabama chief justice.
Baldwin County
Roy Moore Brings Chief Justice Campaign to Mobile and Orange Beach
Republican chief justice nominee Roy Moore scheduled a Mobile breakfast address and an Orange Beach fundraiser, bringing his bid to return to the Alabama Supreme Court to the coast.
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Mobile Bar Association Poll Favors Brooks and Graddick in Spring Races
A preference poll of the Mobile Bar Association gave state Sen. Ben Brooks the edge over Eaton Barnard for circuit judge and overwhelmingly backed Charlie Graddick for chief justice ahead of the March primary.
Baldwin County
Byrne and Bentley Head to a Runoff, and the Teachers’ Union Looms Over It
Bradley Byrne led the Republican primary for governor, but the buzz belonged to Robert Bentley. Ahead of the July 13 runoff, the fight turned on the Alabama Education Association and the prospect of Democratic crossover votes.
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.
Baldwin County
Tea Parties Set for Mobile and Daphne as Shelby Renews Flat Tax Push on Tax Day
The Common Sense Campaign will rally at Bienville Square and the Daphne Civic Center on April 15, while Sen. Richard Shelby marks the filing deadline with a call to end ‘too big to fail.’
Baldwin County
Byrne Brings His Jobs Plan to Brookley as the Governor’s Race Comes to Mobile
Bradley Byrne chose Brookley Field to unveil his economic plan on the first working day of 2010, while rival Bill Johnson addressed the Mobile County Republican Executive Committee the same evening.
Baldwin County
Davis Hits Byrne Over PACT, and 48,000 Alabama Families Are the Audience
Artur Davis attacked Bradley Byrne over a remark about the state’s legal obligation to the failing PACT college tuition program, opening a general election fight months before either man had won a primary.
Baldwin County
The December Scramble: Alabama’s Governor Candidates Race a Fundraising Deadline
With campaign finance reports due Jan. 31, the candidates for governor spent December begging, cajoling and raffling lunches, each trying to make the bottom line look like momentum.