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Alabama Democratic Party qualified candidates for 2020 elections

On Friday, Nov. 8, the Alabama Democratic Party closed qualifying for the 2020 elections. The following is the list provided by the party: President of the United States: Michael Bennet Joseph R. Biden Michael R. Bloomberg Cory Booker Steve Bullock Pete Buttigieg Julian Castro John K. Delaney Tulsi Gabbard Kamala Harris Amy Klobuchar Bernie Sanders … Continued

November 11, 2019

The privilege of privilege

Lots of people are up in arms, and rightly so, about those wealthy, privileged parents who illegally rigged the college admissions system to accept their little over-privileged children when their brats wouldn’t have otherwise qualified. When we observe those privileged parents’ progeny in their natural habitat, we just turn away in disgust. Aunt Becky’s (actress … Continued

March 28, 2019

An election with a difference

The last full month of campaigning for the Nov. 6, General Election starts Monday, and unless voters demand more of Republicans running for office, Alabamians will likely see more of what they’ve been seeing so far this campaign season: Not a whole lot. That’s too bad, because for the first time in a long while, … Continued

September 27, 2018

Straight party? That’s lazy, or stupid

A few years ago (more than a decade), a friend was running for circuit judge in Jefferson County. He is a Democrat. His opponent was, obviously, a Republican. An incumbent Republican. My friend was much more qualified than the Republican incumbent, who had made a number of questionable decisions from the bench. This Republican was … Continued

May 11, 2018

Longtime Pickens County prosecutor Chris McCool qualifies for Criminal Appeals race

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Longtime Pickens County prosecutor Chris McCool, district attorney for the 24th Judicial Circuit, recently qualified to run for the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. McCool, who serves as the lead prosecutor for Fayette, Lamar and Pickens County, will seek the Republican nomination for Place 2 on the June 5 … Continued

January 23, 2018