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John Wahl announces candidacy for ALGOP Chairman

The 400-member ALGOP Executive Committee will elect a new chair on Feb. 27 in Montgomery.
January 29, 2021

Alabama Republican Party executive committee elects 2019–2021 party leadership

The Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee held its winter meeting on Saturday at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham and elected the party leadership for the next two years. The 500 member executive committee re-elected Chairman Terry Lathan for her third term without opposition. She will be the longest serving ALGOP chairman since 1985. … Continued
February 27, 2019

New poll shows Mo Brooks with early lead in Fifth Congressional District race

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, BamaCarry Inc. released the first public polling of the 2018 election cycle for Alabama’s 5th Congressional District. The poll purports to take a snapshot of where the race currently stands and examine how the negative attacks of the Senate campaign may affect both the 2017 Senate runoff and … Continued
September 7, 2017

Athens Tax Increase Defeated

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, August 25, voters in the City of Athens went to the polls and overwhelmingly voted to reject the proposed 12 mill tax increase which was to be used on an ambitious public works plan. There was high turnout in this single issue election.  Voters voted 62 … Continued
August 26, 2015

Athens Votes on Raising Taxes

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, August 25, the people of Athens will vote on whether or not to pay more property taxes so that the City Schools system can embark on an ambitious wave of public works projects, they say will improve public education in the City. Opponents say that the … Continued
August 25, 2015

Athens is Next Battleground over Taxes

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Athens School officials want to raise property taxes by 12 million and opponents allege that there has been improper use of school resources to pass that agenda in an August 25 referendum. Similar allegations were made in Baldwin County. There, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) issued an … Continued
August 17, 2015