Mobile and Baldwin County News
Days before Mobile's Aug. 23 election, the seven candidates for the open District 7 City Council seat filed campaign finance reports, revealing firefighter money, police endorsements and a self-funded restaurateur.
By March 2005, Mobile's mayoral candidates were assembling professional campaign teams, and one veteran local adman crossed the aisle from John Peavy's camp to Ann Bedsole's.
With Mayor Mike Dow preparing to confirm he would not seek a fifth term, Mobile's 2005 mayoral field began to form around Ann Bedsole, Sam Jones, John Peavy and Bess…
Former state Sen. Ann Bedsole dismissed talk of a mayoral run in December 2004, saying she supported Mike Dow and joining prominent Mobilians urging the mayor to take a second…
State Sen. Hap Myers said in August 2004 he would likely seek a fourth term, a signal that scrambled the plans of would-be successors in Alabama Senate District 34 ahead…