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DeMarco Speaks to Trussville Republican Women

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama State Representative Paul DeMarco (R) from Homewood, spoke to the Republican Women of Trussville at their meeting and candidate forum on May 1, at the Greyson Valley Country Club. Rep. DeMarco said, “I am always excited to be here because this is a club of workers.  One reason … Continued
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May 16, 2014

Manufacture Alabama and Steel Industry Leaders Show Support for DeMarco

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter State Representative Paul DeMarco (R) from Homewood has been building momentum for his campaign for Congress representing Alabama’s Sixth District.  On April 4 leaders of Birmingham’s iron and steel industry and members of Manufacture Alabama held a fundraising luncheon at the U.S. Steel offices in Hoover. Manufacture Alabama President … Continued
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April 16, 2014

DeMarco Reports $850,000 in Campaign Contributions

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter State Representative Paul DeMarco’s, (R) from Homewood, campaign for Congress continues to impress in his ability to raise money.  Rep. DeMarco’s campaign announced on Friday that it will report raising more than $484,000 in the first quarter of 2014, making his total contributions to date more than $850,000. Rep. … Continued
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April 15, 2014

Senator Mike Lee Endorses Dr. Chad Mathis

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, April 9, the Dr. Chad Mathis for Congress campaign announced that it has received an endorsement from United States Senator Mike Lee (R) from Utah.  Dr. Mathis (R) is an orthopedist from Indian Springs who is running for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District seat. Current Congressman Spencer Bachus … Continued
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April 10, 2014

Will Brooke Opens Campaign Headquarters

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, April 5 over 120 friends, family, and supporters of Republican Will Brooke gathered in Vestavia Hills to open his campaign headquarters on heavily traveled Highway 31.  Brook is running for Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District. Brooke said that there are problems in this nation but the ideas expressed … Continued
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April 7, 2014

Tea Party Community.com Endorses Tom Vigneulle

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, March 28 Tom Vigneulle (R) was endorsed by the Internet Tea Party social community TeaPartyCommunity.com and the Tea Party Tribune (the Internet news source for everything Tea Party). Vigneulle is running in Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District. The Founder of Tea Party Community.com, Tim Selaty said that TPC … Continued
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April 1, 2014

Mathis Denounces Common Core

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Republicans are widely divided on whether the controversial Common Core standards should be adopted or not.  On Saturday, March 22 Dr. Chad Mathis denounced Common Core and attacked conservatives who support adoption of the controversial new national education standards. The conservative Congressional Candidate said in a Town Hall opinion … Continued
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March 26, 2014

The Sexy Beast Loves Common Core; We Know Why

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter This week, former Gov. Bob Riley, now lobbyist-in-chief for the highest bidder, has taken to the pages of the National Review to explain conservative movement recently wrote, “The foundational myth of Common Core is that it’s a “state-led” initiative with grassroots support that was crafted by local educators for … Continued
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March 26, 2014

Freeman Gets Endorsement of Associated General Contractors of Alabama PAC

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Political Action Committee has announced they are supporting Joe Freeman (R) for Alabama House of Representatives District 44. The Director of Government Affairs for the AGC, Chris Williams said “Joe Freeman’s background in finance and knowledge of State government will … Continued
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March 21, 2014

Common Core Likely to Survive Session

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tea Party groups and conservative grass roots activists have fought for years against the controversial Alabama College and Career Ready Standards which are part of the unpopular Common Core Curriculum being promoted by President Obama’s (D) administration. The Indiana state legislature has just voted to overturn and replace their … Continued
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March 18, 2014