Commercial real estate executive Reid Cummings kicked off his Mobile City Council District 6 campaign with a show of support from business colleagues and a notable guest: former Mayor Mike Dow.
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McMillan Leads Agriculture Commissioner Ticket, Credits Mobile and Baldwin
Stockton’s John McMillan led the Republican field for Alabama agriculture commissioner in the June 1 primary and said his home counties on the coast supplied the margin that carried him into a runoff.
Newcomb to Endorse Green in Baldwin County District Attorney Runoff
Baldwin County District Attorney Judy Newcomb, eliminated in the primary, prepared to back David Green over her former chief assistant Hallie Dixon in the July 13 Republican runoff.
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.
Primary Night Redraws the Map in Mobile and Baldwin County Races
Ashley Rich routed Mark Erwin, Vivian Figures turned back Herman Thomas, and Baldwin County’s incumbent district attorney failed to make her own runoff, as local observers assessed a night of upheaval.
A Mobile Family’s Son Leads the Birmingham Mayor’s Race Into a Runoff
Attorney Patrick Cooper, son of retired Maj. Gen. Gary Cooper of Mobile, led the field in the Birmingham mayoral election and headed into a January runoff against William Bell.
Loans of $190,000 Fuel Peavy’s Late Push in Mobile Runoff
John Peavy’s campaign spent more than $250,000 in a month and took out $190,000 in loans, guaranteed by a group of Mobile businessmen, to close the gap on Sam Jones before the runoff.
Bedsole and Rich Endorse Peavy in Mobile Mayoral Runoff
Defeated mayoral candidates Ann Bedsole and Bess Rich threw their support to John Peavy days before Mobile’s runoff, urging their supporters to back him over frontrunner Sam Jones.
Jones Raises $77,000 More as Mobile Runoff Nears
Frontrunner Sam Jones raised more than $77,000 and spent nearly $180,000 in the weeks before Mobile’s Sept. 13 mayoral runoff against City Councilman John Peavy.
Peavy Enters Election Week With $13,800 in Campaign Account
John Peavy’s mayoral campaign spent $154,284 in the final reporting period and entered the last days before Mobile’s Aug. 23 election with just $13,803.72 remaining on hand.