Incumbent Democrat Rep. Thomas Jackson of Thomasville won a general election challenge from Republican candidate Fred Kelley by 550 votes, or 51.4 percent.
Over 110 candidates or political action committees from the 2022 election cycle have been referred to the Attorney General for violating campaign finance rules.
Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter, the presumed next speaker of the Alabama House, announced Wednesday a third round of intended committee chair appointments.
The Legislative Services Agency hosted the meetings and organized the agenda.
The Club for Growth's recent $50,000 contribution to new House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen’s STACK PAC comes after the D.C.-based group's attack on U.S. Sen.-elect Katie Britt in the last election.
Three election cycles ago, accepting contributions from the 85,000-member AEA would have been a political problem for Republican State House candidates, especially in a primary.
Alabamians will head to the polls tomorrow for midterm elections that will decide the state’s next U.S. Senator, Governor and more.
Today, Monday, Nov. 7, is the deadline for voters to hand-deliver their absentee ballots.
Heflin resident Chad Robertson, 44, a former executive director of the Cleburne County Chamber of Commerce, said he believes that experience has helped prepare him for the next job he seeks, that of representative for Alabama House District 40.
Jacksonville resident Pam Howard, 64, said the feedback from voters has been positive because she is sticking to the issues when she meets with them.Â
The well-attended longtime crafts-and-music attraction in downtown Oxford gave Republican Keith Kelley and Democrat Danny McCullars an opportunity to see which way the political winds were blowing.
Barbara Boyd hopes to improve teachers’ retirement benefits for teachers and keep them in the state.
Jackson’s three main issues are helping increase economic development, making sure law enforcement officers have the tools they need to fight crime and addressing inflation.
Alabama Republican Party leadership wants Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Legislature to require party registration prior to elections and to close primaries in the state.
Tuesday's Calhoun County runoff election results
Rep. Andrew Sorrell and pastor Stan Cooke are trying to convince voters why the state auditor is a critical role in Alabama government and why they’re the best person for the job.
The June 21 GOP runoff election for secretary of state presents a contrast in styles and experience, if not policy.
Those challenges are in House Districts 2, 28 and 29 and Senate District 27.
The Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee certified the primary results from last week’s Alabama House District 29 race on Wednesday with Mark Gidley being declared the winner.
Alabamians who missed last week’s primary contests but want to vote in the June 21 runoffs have until Friday to hand-deliver a voter registration form to their local board of registrars.
After Tuesday’s results were reported, Gidley had 4,006 votes, Grant 3,924. The district includes parts of Calhoun and Etowah counties. Gidley won Calhoun County, 1,620-1,408.
Wade Perry, who led Democrat Doug Jones’ successful 2017 Senate campaign, has been involved in elections in Alabama in some capacity since 1992.
Scenes from several polling places in Munford, Oxford, and Anniston. Voters head to the polls for primary elections in Alabama.
 The May 24 GOP primary ballot has three candidates vying to be the state’s next auditor, a job that will likely include defending the very existence of the office to lawmakers looking to eliminate it to save money.
After the Tuesday night forum, held at Piedmont Elementary School, Gidley said he and Grant are friends who agreed, early on, to keep the campaign clean.
