Report Card: Grading Mobile’s Anonymous Election Prophets
With the June 2006 primary returns counted, the newspaper graded the anonymous insiders who had forecast the vote, handing out marks from A-minus to a blunt D in a lighthearted…
Mobile County Candidates Set Election-Night Watch Parties for Primary Day
As Mobile County voters went to the polls, candidates from the governor's race to the county school board scheduled election-night gatherings for supporters.
On the Eve of the 2006 Primary, Mobile’s Insiders Placed Their Bets
Ahead of Alabama's June 2006 party primaries, a panel of anonymous Mobile-area political insiders forecast the sheriff's race, the state Supreme Court contests and two closely watched coastal state Senate…
Ben Brooks Set a Barbecue Rally on Highway 90 to Launch His State Senate Campaign
Mobile City Councilman Ben Brooks scheduled an April 2006 rally and barbecue on Highway 90 West to kick off his Republican campaign for Alabama Senate District 35 against George Callahan.
George Callahan Launched a Shrimp-Boil Campaign to Retake His South Mobile County Senate Seat
Former state Sen. George Callahan opened his 2006 bid to reclaim south Mobile County's District 35 seat with a shrimp boil in Coden that he said drew more than 200…
Ben Brooks Weighed a Run for the State Senate or a Circuit Judgeship in 2006
Mobile City Councilman Ben Brooks said in October 2005 he was strongly considering a run for state Senate District 35 or for the circuit judgeship being vacated by Ferrill McRae,…