Passing state budgets and distributing a mountain of federal relief money appear to be first priorities as lawmakers ready for their third pandemic-ridden session, this one during an election year.
Tuesday is the start of the legislative session and a short “blackout” window in which candidates for state office can’t raise funds while lawmakers are meeting in Montgomery.
With the tone of a fire-and-brimstone preacher, U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt spoke to a meeting of Cheaha Republican Women in Anniston on Wednesday.
U.S. Senate candidate Jessica Taylor, 37, has withdrawn from the Republican Party primary election contest for the seat being vacated by Richard Shelby.
Lindy Blanchard, the former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia who announced her candidacy for governor last month, has launched an advertising campaign aimed at raising her profile among Republican voters.
Two members of the Alabama Legislature who will not seek another term in office next year gave a preview of the issues they have faced and expect to face in 2022 as they addressed the Calhoun County Area Chamber at the Visitors Center in Anniston.
Tim James, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2002 and 2010, filed paperwork with the Secretary of State's office to run for a third time in 2022.
Photos of Joseph Giri and his Freedom Riders bus mural restoration.
State lawmakers adopted new legislation to extend terms one additional year. Now, elections will take place in 2025 and will join the municipal contests occurring in Birmingham and Mobile.
Armed with new information about which districts gained and lost residents, the committee redrawing the Alabama House and Senate, Congressional and board of education maps will begin public hearings Wednesday.
Alabama’s Republican candidates for the Senate in 2022 are uniform in their position against mandates during the pandemic.
Candidates and incumbents seeking legislative and statewide office “may not accept, solicit, or receive contributions during the period when the Legislature is convened in session” except “within 120 days of any primary, runoff, or general election…”
Photos of the State of the Cities meeting of Calhoun County mayors at the Oxford Civic Center.
Julie Borrelli and Pam Howard are in the running for the District 40 seat in the state House of Representatives, which will be up for election in 2022.
Former State Sen. Rusty Glover announced his campaign for the Republican nomination for state auditor on Tuesday, making him the third candidate to enter the race.
With primary elections less than a year away, many state lawmakers are deciding whether or not to run again in 2022.
Congressman Mo Brooks raised $820,744 for his U.S. Senate campaign during the second quarter and spent $421,283 during the same period.
According to June campaign filings, at least three sitting House members have GOP primary challengers who plan to raise funds against them.
U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt raised $2.24 million in the first three weeks since she announced she’s seeking the office, her campaign said Tuesday.
The 2022 primary elections are nearly 11 months away, but several candidates in contested races got off to strong fundraising starts in June.
Rep. Bill Poole, R-Tuscaloosa, and Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, on Tuesday said they both plan to seek the Alabama House’s top leadership spot.
A 53-year-old pastor from east Alabama is running for governor partly because of what he calls the mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic by Gov. Kay Ivey.
Campaign finance overhaul groups say it would make it easier for a more diverse collection of people to seek public office.
House Speaker Mac McCutcheon will not run again for his House District 25 seat and will therefore also be retiring as speaker after the 2022 elections.
Term-limited State Auditor Jim Zeigler is forming an "exploratory committee" to “test the water” as a possible GOP challenger to Gov. Kay Ivey next year.
