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Dial to donate portion of fundraising money to children’s hospital

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter State Sen. Gerald Dial, R-Lineville, announced that he will donate 10 percent of funds raised for his run for commissioner of agriculture and industries to a children’s hospital in Birmingham. “Every voter in Alabama is sick of the constant campaigns and incessant political advertising,” Dial said. “The least us … Continued
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December 28, 2017

GOP picks up the pieces from Senate race

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter National Republicans continue to point fingers at who cost their party a Senate seat they’ve held for nearly two decades. December’s historic race saw a Democrat seated in Alabama for the first time in 20 years, and many see it as a waning influence of President Donald Trump to … Continued
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December 28, 2017

Jones appeals to GOP in CNN interview

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter Senator-elect Doug Jones appealed to his ability to work with Republicans in the Senate in multiple national news interviews. Jones’ latest comments to Republicans came on Monday when he told CNN’s Jake Tapper that President Donald Trump should not resign over allegations of sexual misconduct. The calls for the … Continued
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December 20, 2017

Moore establishes “election integrity fund”

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore is not ready to call the race for his opponent Doug Jones yet and has even established a fund to pay for collecting information regarding voter fraud committed during the election. Moore lost the Senate election Tuesday after his opponent received more than 20,000 … Continued
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December 18, 2017

Roy Moore’s base failed to carry him

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter As the final votes are counted for the Special Senate Election, many national political observers dissected what will be a historic win for Democrats in the state of Alabama. Among these observations there seems to be one thing posited: President Donald Trump could not get Roy Moore elected. The … Continued
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December 14, 2017

National GOP tepidly embraces Moore

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter The recent embracement of Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore by key Republicans has been met with a backlash from some of the party’s most influential members. It began on Monday when President Donald Trump broke his silence on Moore and endorsed him outright in a tweet. Previously, the president … Continued
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December 6, 2017