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Palmer Appears to Have Won Congressional Election

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, August 7, Democratic Candidate Avery Vise announced that he was dropping out of the race to be Alabama’s next Sixth Congressional District Representative. In his letter, Vise blamed the redistricting that created Congresswoman Terri Sewell’s (D) from Selma majority minority district for the Democratic Party’s complete inability … Continued
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August 8, 2014

Palmer Speaks to Birmingham Young Republicans

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter This has been a huge week for Gary Palmer.  On Tuesday, July 15 the longtime Alabama Policy Institute President was chosen by his fellow Republicans as their nominee for Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District seat.  On Thursday, July 17 he was the speaker at the Greater Birmingham Young Republicans meeting … Continued
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July 18, 2014

Palmer Wins Republican Runoff

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, July 15, Gary Palmer won a powerful mandate from Republican Party voters in the Sixth Congressional District. Gary Palmer defeated State Representative Paul DeMarco by 28 percentage points in the Tuesday runoff, 47,491 votes for Palmer to DeMarco’s 27,295. Palmer has spent decades of his life advising … Continued
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July 16, 2014

Hospital Association and Realtors Endorse DeMarco

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter State Representative Paul DeMarco’s campaign got welcome news this week when both RPAC, the political arm of the National Association of REALTORS®, and the Alabama Hospital Association announced that they were endorsing Paul DeMarco’s candidacy in the Republican Primary Runoff to represent Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District in the United States … Continued
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June 27, 2014

DeMarco Ad Hits Palmer on Taxes

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, June 23, Sixth District Congressional Candidate Paul DeMarco (R) from Homewood, released a new TV ad, Alabama Conservative, comparing what he says is his solid anti-tax record versus what he says is the more flexible relationship opponent Gary Palmer has taken in his approach toward tax increases … Continued
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June 25, 2014

Palmer Draws Endorsments from Both Beason and Pence

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Gary Palmer for Congress campaign continues to gain momentum and endorsements. On Friday, June 20, Indiana Governor Mike Pence (R), in town to be the keynote speaker at the Alabama Republican Party’s Summer Dinner, endorsed Gary Palmer in Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District. On Monday, June 23, State Senator … Continued
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June 24, 2014

DeMarco Gets Local Endorsements

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District race continues to be the talk of the political class in Alabama.  Alabama Policy Institute co-founder and longtime President Gary Palmer faces Alabama State Representative Paul DeMarco (R) from Homewood. The two congressional candidates in the highly conservative Sixth Congressional District of Alabama will debate one … Continued
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June 19, 2014

Santorum Endorses Palmer

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and former Republican Presidential Primary candidate who won Alabama in 2012 has endorsed Gary Palmer for Congress in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District. Senator Santorum said, “I am pleased to announce our endorsement of Gary Palmer for Congress.  Gary has been at the forefront of … Continued
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June 18, 2014

Palmer Campaign Relied on Positive Narrative to Rise to Runoff

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter When Alabama’s political pundits began handicapping the Sixth District Congressional race, everyone recognized that nobody would win the seven candidate field without a runoff. Most thought that state Representative Paul DeMarco (R) from Homewood had the name recognition and proven fund raising ability to be in that runoff.  The … Continued
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June 5, 2014

DeMarco and Palmer in Sixth District Runoff

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, June 3 Republican voters in Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District went to the polls to select their next Congressman.  From a field of seven, they have narrowed the choice down to two.  Representative Paul DeMarco and Gary Palmer, who will move on to the July 15 Republican runoff. … Continued
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June 4, 2014