Roy Moore

News

Poll: Doug Jones holds eight-point lead, majority says Moore shouldn’t withdraw

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones has gained an eight-point lead over Republican Roy Moore in the race to replace Jeff Sessions as Alabama’s next Senator, according to a new poll — amid mounting calls for Moore to withdraw after numerous sexual misconduct allegations surfaced in the last week. … Continued

Chip Brownlee

November 17, 2017

The ALGOP Steering Committee votes to continue supporting Roy Moore

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter After a week of speculation, the Alabama Republican Party Steering Committee reaffirmed its support for U.S. Senate nominee Roy Moore. Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan said in a statement regarding the U.S. Senate election: “On Wednesday evening, the Alabama Republican Party Steering Committee, comprised of 21 members, met … Continued

Brandon Moseley

November 17, 2017

Greater Birmingham Young Republicans revokes support of Roy Moore

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Republican Party is sticking by Senate hopeful Roy Moore, but some of the party’s younger members are distancing themselves from the controversial candidate after several women levied accusations of sexual misconduct against him. The Greater Birmingham Young Republicans, a group which represents young republicans between the ages … Continued

Chip Brownlee

November 17, 2017

Opinion

The Roy Moore debate is over

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Roy Moore saga has jumped the shark. The exact moment this thing became too absurd for even Alabama is hard to pinpoint, but it definitely occurred during Thursday’s 20-person condescension-fest and press preachin’. Probably around the time they welcomed to the stage “The Activist Mommy blogger,” a middle-aged … Continued

Josh Moon

November 17, 2017

Judge Stewart campaigns for AL Supreme Court in St. Clair County

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, November 16, 2017 Circuit Judge Sarah Stewart was in Pell City to speak to the St. Clair County Republican Party. Stewart is running for a seat on the Alabama Supreme Court. Stewart said that she is originally from Oklahoma; but has lived in Mobile for the last 24 … Continued

Brandon Moseley

November 17, 2017

Anti-LGBT pastors, activists will speak with Roy Moore in Birmingham Thursday

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter One said the same-sex marriage decision would lead to kids being encouraged to practice sodomy in kindergarten and another blamed Hurricane Sandy on gay people and same-sex marriage. Those are just two of at least seven fundamentalist religious leaders who will be speaking at a press conference for Roy … Continued

Chip Brownlee

November 16, 2017

GOP Steering Committee flees meeting without announcing a decision about Moore

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Republican Party’s Steering Committee met for three hours in a closed meeting Wednesday night at the Embassy Suites Hotel to decide the fate of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been deluged by national criticism after allegations of misconduct in the late 1970s were first … Continued

Brandon Moseley

November 16, 2017

More women come forward against Roy Moore as his attorneys attempt to cast doubt

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Several more women have come forward levying accusations against U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore, whom they accuse of making unwanted advances toward them when they were in their teens and early 20s — adding to allegations that Moore had a modus operandi of pursuing women quite his junior when … Continued

Chip Brownlee

November 16, 2017

Moore attends private fundraiser with Auburn supporters amid campaign crisis

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore headlined an invite-only fundraising event at the home of an Auburn Republican while the Alabama GOP Steering Committee met in Hoover to discuss the future of his candidacy. Moore spoke at a closed-door fundraiser at the home of Auburn Republicans Bill and Fran Dillard. … Continued

Chip Brownlee

November 16, 2017

Opinion

Is Roy Moore’s growing scandal masking larger GOP plot?

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday morning, a candidate for U.S. Senate threatened to sue his state’s largest newspaper group. By Wednesday evening, that news was so old, so inconsequential and so boring that it had been bumped entirely from news websites across Alabama. Think about that. Roy Moore threatened to sue al.com, … Continued

Josh Moon

November 16, 2017