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Sessions and Shelby Help Defeat Bill to Prevent Americans on Terror Watch List From Buying Guns

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, June 20, the US Senate narrowly rejected a Democratic gun control bill, which would have prevented persons on the government’s terrorist watch list from being able to purchase firearms. The bills had the necessary votes for passage, but failed to reach the 60 vote threshold necessary to … Continued
June 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton Declared Democratic Party Presumptive Nominee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, June 5, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) won the Puerto Rico Democratic Primary. According to the Associated Press this victory gave the former First Lady enough delegates, both pledged and unbound, to secure Clinton the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Clinton was … Continued
June 7, 2016

Bill Pryor is on Trump’s Short List for Supreme Court Vacancy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday May 18, Presumed Republican Presidential nominee Donald J. Trump released has list of people he would consider as potential replacements for Justice Scalia at the United States Supreme Court. Prominent on that list was former Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor (R), now a federal appeals judge. Mr. Trump … Continued
May 19, 2016

West Virginia Chooses Bernie Sanders

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 10, Democratic voters in West Virginia went to the polls and gave US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) his latest win in his pursuit of the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Sen. Sanders said in a statement, “We just got word that we won … Continued
May 11, 2016

Donald Trump is now the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, April 26, New York City businessman and reality TV star Donald won five state primaries by shockingly large margins after remaining rivals Ohio Governor John Kasich and US Senator Ted Cruz announced their plans to coordinate their resources to block the billionaire from getting the 1237 delegates … Continued
May 4, 2016

Trump and Clinton Win

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 20, after weeks in which state after state fell to challengers: US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) New York City businessman and billionaire Donald Trump and the former US Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) came home to New York and much needed … Continued
April 20, 2016

Jackie Zeigler Beats Matthew Brown

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 12, voters in Alabama’s First District elected Jackie Zeigler (R) over incumbent Matt Brown (R) in the Republican Primary runoff. Brown called to concede the race to Zeigler. South Alabama voters chose the much more experienced Jackie Zeigler over Matthew Brown who was recently appointed to the … Continued
April 13, 2016

Newman Holds on to School Board Seat

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 12, north Alabama voters went to the polls and Incumbent Jeff Newman (R) held on to his State school board seat with 62.1 percent of the votes cast to Bonner’s 37.1 percent. Turnout was terrible in District 7 where as of press time only 11,087 votes had … Continued
April 13, 2016

Voters go to the Polls in 40 Alabama Counties Today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, April 11, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) released details on the April 12 Runoff Election. On April 12, voters in 40 of Alabama’s 67 counties will go to the polls to decide Republican and/or Democratic Primary winners. On Tuesday, the Office of the Secretary of State … Continued
April 12, 2016

Two State School Board Elections Today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 12, Alabama Republican voters in state school board Districts 1 and 7 go to the polls to decide who they want representing them on the Alabama State School Board. In District 1, career teacher, principal, and college professor Jackie Zeigler (R) is running against Matthew Brown (R). … Continued
April 12, 2016