Alabama Democrats selected Atmore City Councilwoman Susan Smith to carry the party banner in state Senate District 22 after the incumbent abruptly withdrew from the race following the qualifying period.
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Mobile County
Bentley Reshapes Mobile County’s Board of Equalization
Gov. Robert Bentley cleaned house at the Mobile County Board of Equalization, installing three new appointees, among them a veteran Democrat, to replace members named by his predecessor.
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California City Votes to Boycott Alabama Over Immigration Law
Leaders in Carson, California, adopted a resolution calling for a boycott of Alabama in protest of the state’s tough new immigration law, directing staff to review contracts with Alabama businesses.
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Bentley Names Malone Chief Justice, Setting Up a Statewide Contest
Gov. Robert Bentley appointed his chief of staff, Chuck Malone, to lead the state Supreme Court, but Mobile County’s Charlie Graddick and Baldwin native Lyn Stuart set up a potentially bruising 2012 campaign.
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‘Where’s Waldo?’ Alabama Republicans Dispute Whether Jill Simpson Was Ever a Player
As the Siegelman prosecution became a national controversy, Alabama Republicans mocked the idea that Jill Simpson, the operative at the center of it, had ever been a figure in state GOP circles.