Sports and political analyst Danny Sheridan made Mayor Sam Jones a heavy favorite for re-election in 2013, prompting prospective challenger Tilmon Brown to argue that no candidate is unbeatable.
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A Phantom Website Pushed Steve Nodine for Mayor. He Said He Wasn’t Running.
An anonymous website urged Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine to challenge Mayor Sam Jones in 2009. Nodine said flatly that he would not run, and his allies accused the mayor’s camp of manufacturing an opponent.
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Before the Candidates Arrive: Mobile’s Civic Class Names the Issues for the 2009 City Elections
With Mobile’s municipal elections set for August 2009 and only one challenger announced, business leaders, lawyers and officials laid out the issues they expected to define the campaign.
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Boeing Praised the Tanker Competition as Fair — Right Up Until It Lost
As Boeing prepared to protest the Air Force tanker award that promised an assembly line for Mobile, its own executives’ and allies’ past statements praising the competition’s fairness came back into view.
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A Birmingham Congressman Kept Turning Up in Mobile, and Everyone Knew Why
U.S. Rep. Artur Davis delivered his ‘false choices’ speech to the Mobile Rotary Club, his second appearance in the city in about a month, as speculation grew about a 2010 run for governor.