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Alabama Remembers September 11

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday was the 13th anniversary of 9-11. On that day in 2001, terrorists who were members of the Middle Eastern Group Al Qaeda under orders from Osama Bin Laden, seized four Americans airliners filled with passengers by force and flew three of them into the two Towers of the … Continued
September 12, 2014

Bill Adair Defects to Republican Party

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, September 8, Walker County District Attorney Bill Adair announced that he has officially left the struggling Alabama Democratic Party to join the Alabama Republican Party. DA Bill Adair made a written statement regarding his decision to join the Republican Party. DA Adair said, “The decision to switch … Continued
September 9, 2014

Foster Wants to Put Bessemer Back to Work

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, September 3, Darius Foster, candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives in state House District 56, announced that he was sponsoring a job fair on October 7 at the Bessemer Civic Center. Darius Foster said in a written statement, “No candidate in the history of this district … Continued
September 4, 2014

Armistead Critical of Hillary

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Republicans want control of the Senate, but they really want control of the White House when President Obama leaves office in early 2017. On the Democratic side, the frontrunner appears to be former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In his Monday, August 18 column, Alabama Republican Party Chairman … Continued
August 20, 2014

RNC Meets in Chicago

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, August 11, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead reported back to the Alabama GOP about the Republican National Committee meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Chairman Armistead wrote, “The Republican National Committee held its summer meeting in Chicago last week. Yes, Chicago – the President’s hometown. No surprise that … Continued
August 13, 2014

Foster Calls Brooks’ Comments Divisive

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Black Republican and State House candidate, Darius Foster, released a statement critical of comments by Congressman Mo Brooks (R) from Huntsville, in which Brooks claims that Democrats are “Waging a War on Whites.” Foster, in a written statement said, “This is another unfortunate opportunity where I do not have … Continued
August 7, 2014

Hubbard Suffers Defeat with Harbison Win

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Speaker Mike Hubbard and former Gov. Bob Riley poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the House race in District 12, only to come up embarrassed and empty-handed. Hubbard even employed a large force of current legislators to descend on Cullman County, in a vain attempt to recuse his … Continued
July 21, 2014

Armistead: Republican Party Doing Well Warns Liberals Trying To Influence GOP Primary

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, June 21, an estimated 400 Republican State Executive Committee members and Republican leaders met at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center near the Jefferson and Shelby County line off of U.S. Highway 280 for the Party’s annual summer meeting.  Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead told participants … Continued
June 25, 2014

Efforts To Reform ALGOP State Executive Committee Selection Get Mixed Results

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In most counties in Alabama, there is a County Republican Party.  It is the job of the County Republican Party to build interest in the Republican platform and support local and State Republican candidates against all foes: be they Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, or even a Conservative Third Party like … Continued
June 25, 2014

Did Chairman Armistead Ask for AEA-PCI Money?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Just hours before the start of the Alabama GOP Summer dinner, members of the Party’s Executive Committee received an email alleging that Chairman Bill Armistead plotted to take money from the Alabama Education Association, (AEA) and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, (PCI), by funneling it through a third-party … Continued
June 24, 2014