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Lester Will Be Democratic Candidate in the Sixth Congressional District

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Mark Lester will represent the Alabama Democratic Party on the November General Election ballot in Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District. The Alabama Democratic Party approved the candidacy of Birmingham Southern College history Professor Mark Lester at their weekend Executive Committee meetings.  Lester will face Republican nominee Gary Palmer.  The Alabama … Continued
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August 18, 2014

Love Says She is Still in the Race

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, August 8, the Alabama Political Reporter contacted Aimee Love to see what the status of her candidacy to represent Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District in the U.S.  House of Representatives. Ms. Love told us in a written statement, “I am still the candidate for the LP. The question … Continued
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August 11, 2014

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

Zeigler and Peterson Debate in Hoover

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, July 10, businessman Dale Peterson and attorney Jim Zeigler were at Hoover Tactical Firearms to make a last case to Republican voters who go to the polls on Tuesday, July to decide which of the two men will be the Republican Party nominee for state auditor.  The … Continued
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July 14, 2014

Palmer Speaks to Rainy Day Patriots and 60-Plus

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sixth District Congressional Candidate Gary Palmer was at Hoover Tactical Firearms on Thursday, July 10 to speak at the candidates forum being hosted by the Rainy Day Patriots and the Alabama Chapter of the 60 Plus Association.  Palmer is a candidate in the Republican Primary Runoff on Tuesday, July … Continued
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July 14, 2014

Mayors Endorse DeMarco

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Sixth District Congressional Candidate state Representative Paul DeMarco (R) from Homewood announced more support for his quest to become Alabama’s newest Congressman.  More than twenty Sixth Congressional District mayors have publicly announced their support for the Homewood attorney and State legislator. Hoover Mayor, Gary Ivey said, “DeMarco’s commitment to … Continued
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July 10, 2014

Palmer Favors Tax Increase, Yes That’s Right!

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Lately, the far-right-wing talking heads, and even those who consider themselves to be the media elite, have taken to bashing Congressional candidate Rep. Paul DeMarco. The talking point has been that DeMarco deceptively used a quote by his campaign rival out of context. DeMarco’s campaign recently aired a commercial … Continued
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July 8, 2014

Peterson Calls Zeigler the Establishment Candidate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The race for State Auditor is really heating up, as the two Tea Party favorites square off in the Republican Primary runoff. In Dale Peterson’s latest ad, Dale gets an endorsement from his wife, Kathy Peterson, who narrowly lost in a race for Public Service Commission in the June … Continued
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July 8, 2014