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Kamala Harris to campaign in Alabama

Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, announced Tuesday she will campaign in Alabama and South Carolina later this week. This is her first campaign swing through Alabama. Harris will focus on engaging women and African-Americans in Birmingham and Montgomery. On Friday night, she will hold a women’s meet and greet in the Birmingham … Continued
June 5, 2019

House Democratic Caucus endorses Sen. Vivian Figures for state party chair

The Alabama House Democratic Caucus is weighing into the fight over who will lead the Alabama Democratic Party after Democratic National Committee-ordered elections later this month. The caucus announced Wednesday that at least 19 House Democrats voted to endorse Sen. Vivian Figures, D-Mobile, for Alabama Democratic Party chair. Figures has served in the Alabama Senate … Continued
May 9, 2019

Four Democrats vie for party chair

Nancy Worley was re-elected as Alabama Democratic Party Chair Woman last summer, defeating a challenge by longtime party insider, attorney Peck Fox. Normally, that would have ended the divisions within the Alabama Democratic Party as the party entered into the general election. Then another Republican landslide victory happened in November and calls for new leadership resurfaced. Worley … Continued
May 7, 2019

Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris to speak to the ADC

The Alabama Democratic Conference announced that presidential candidate U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, D-California, will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon during the group’s 59th annual convention. Harris will be the keynote speaker at the Kennedy-Johnson-King luncheon on Saturday, June 8. The ADC Convention will be in Montgomery on June 7 and 8. The convention … Continued
April 30, 2019

Penn bows out: Worley stands unopposed

Former state Sen. Myron Penn, D-Union Springs, announced Tuesday that he will not run for the chair of the Alabama Democratic Party. This turn of events leaves current Chairwoman Nancy Worley unopposed ahead of a scheduled election. Penn told the Montgomery Advertiser that he was leaving the race in response to recent additions to the … Continued
April 10, 2019

Alabama Democratic Party ordered to hold new leadership elections

The Democratic National Committee’s credentials committee ordered a new round of elections for state party leaders in Alabama. The Alabama Democratic Party will have to re-do its leadership elections after the credentials committee ruling on several challenges to Chairwoman Nancy Worley and Vice Chairman Randy Kelley’s election over the summer. The challenges followed a contentious … Continued
February 15, 2019

The DNC (maybe) just ended Joe Reed’s stranglehold on the Alabama Democratic Party

The Democratic National Committee is on the verge of reviving the Alabama Democratic Party. In a surprising vote on Thursday, the DNC’s Credentials Committee decided that the state party elections of chairwoman Nancy Worley and vice-chairman Randy Kelly had too many irregularities and ordered new elections to be held within 90 days. While this is … Continued
February 15, 2019