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Marshall’s former law partner supporting Siegelman for attorney general

Corporate and special interests are fueling the campaign of Republican attorney general nominee Steve Marshall while mostly small individual donors are driving his Democrat challenger, Joseph Siegelman. Over half of Marshall’s contributions in August came from lobbyist-controlled PACs and businesses with interests before the state. FCPA reports for August show just the opposite for Siegelman, … Continued
September 11, 2018

Alabama Republicans support Kavanaugh confirmation

Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Alabama Republicans remain supportive of Kavanaugh’s nomination. Alabama Republican Chairman Terry Lathan said in a statement: “The Alabama Republican Party strongly supports Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the United States Supreme Court,” Lathan said. “A brilliant and fair mainstream … Continued
September 5, 2018

ALGOP to hold summer dinner, meeting Friday and Saturday

On Friday, August 24 at 7:00 p.m. the Alabama Republican Party will host a dinner for 600 Republicans from around the state at the Bryant Conference Center on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens will be the keynote speakers. Attendees will include federal, state and county elected … Continued
August 23, 2018

Chief of staff departs Senate president pro tem’s office

The Senate president pro tem’s chief of staff is leaving his role. Philip Bryan, who has served as President Pro Tem Del Marsh’s chief of staff since 2011, is resigning his role as Marsh’s top aide to pursue a private sector job. His resignation is effective Aug. 31. “Working under President Pro Tem Marsh and interacting … Continued
August 20, 2018

Lathan, ALGOP circumvent secretary of state, agree to hand out sensitive voter info

There is often a penalty for believing dumb things. Terry Lathan should receive one. Last week, emails from soon-to-be-impeached-President Trump’s so-called “voter fraud commission” were made public for the first time. The short-lived commission, which was abruptly disbanded last January, less than a year after it was established, was set up to root out the … Continued
August 6, 2018

Lathan: ALGOP ready to come together as “one team” after runoffs

Tuesday, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan congratulated the candidates who won and said that now Alabama Republican will come together as one great team to keep America great. “Congratulations to our candidates who won their races in Tuesday’s runoff election,” Lathan said. “We are grateful to over one thousand of our Alabama Republican patriot … Continued
July 18, 2018

Manufacture Alabama says that Bonner is a terribly flawed candidate

Manufacture Alabama expressed on Wednesday their concerns that Public Service Commission candidate James “Jim” Bonner is unfit to hold office in the state. Bonner’s posts on social media have been called: racist, anti-Semitic, and misogynistic. Bonner’s attempt to defuse the situation by going on Birmingham area talk radio with Scott Beason did little to improve … Continued
June 1, 2018

Bonner brings more notoriety, trouble to PSC race

Jim Bonner has gone national, and his troubles just keep growing. On the same day that the Associated Press and Buzzfeed shared with the nation the story of the Alabama GOP candidate with offensive social media posts but a fortunate last name, a new challenge was filed with the ALGOP seeking to have Bonner decertified … Continued
May 31, 2018

A case of mistaken candidate identity could embarrass the ALGOP

It’s one of the oddest, and most embarrassing, cases of mistaken identity in recent Alabama political history. According to recent polling, James Bonner is leading Jeremy Oden in a race for a seat on the Alabama Public Service Commission. No, not that James Bonner. It doesn’t matter which James Bonner you were thinking of, it’s … Continued
May 22, 2018