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Tuberville pledges to stall Biden nominations, citing “lawfare”

GOP senators, joined by Tuberville, block Biden nominations who supported Trump's indictment.
June 14, 2024

Are Alabama voters really as hateful, shallow and scared as the GOP Senate field thinks?

Tommy Tuberville’s former players have no idea who this current version of Tommy Tuberville is.  Bradley Byrne’s longtime friends in the Alabama Legislature have been bewildered by Byrne’s full-on embrace of fear tactics and hate-mongering.  Jeff Sessions’ longtime supporters are confused by his spineless groveling to a president who quite clearly can’t stand him.  So, … Continued
March 2, 2020

GOP campaign ads are a hoot

The campaign advertisements for the top three candidates in the Republican Party primary for the U.S. Senate are a hoot. Former football coach Tommy Tuberville, U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, and former U.S. senator and disgraced former Attorney General Jeff Sessions are scrambling hard to get the nomination to run against Democratic Sen. Doug Jones in … Continued
February 28, 2020

Historical election results point to Troy King’s advantage in AL-2 race

Seven candidates are in a hunt to capture the Republican nomination for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House, a seat currently held by Congresswoman Martha Roby, who announced on July 26, 2019, that she would not seek re-election in 2020. In August, before King’s official announcement, APR looked at his vote totals in the … Continued
November 19, 2019

Sen. Cam Ward announces bid for Alabama Supreme Court

Earlier today, State Senator Cam Ward, R-Alabaster, announced he is running for the Republican nomination for Associate Justice on the Alabama Supreme Court in Place 1. That seat is currently held by Greg Shaw. Ward, who serves as the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and President of the Alabama Law Institute, is the leading … Continued
October 7, 2019

AG Marshall doesn’t need evidence, testimony to back Kavanaugh

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall supports Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall issued a statement on Tuesday (first reported by the Montgomery Advertiser) that says exactly that. He called the allegations against Kavanaugh “partisan politics.” Let’s think about that a moment. The attorney general for this state, without the benefit of hearing … Continued
September 26, 2018

Shelby: Kavanaugh has done an “outstanding job” during confirmation hearings

Thursday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) said on social media that the Senate has already gotten more documents on Judge Brett Kavanaugh than it received on the previous five U.S. Supreme Court nominees combined and that the Senate should put aside unnecessary partisan political obstruction and move to confirm him to the Supreme Court. “Delay … Continued
September 12, 2018