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19 major party candidates qualify for Senate race

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter GOP master strategist Karl Rove reportedly warned Alabamians not to run against Luther Strange (R) for the Senate seat vacancy created by Jeff Sessions (R) confirmation as US Attorney General. That warning was largely ignored and 19 people actually qualified to run for Senate by Wednesday’s Friday cutoff for … Continued
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May 18, 2017

Fisher running for Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, May 16, 2017, businessman Jason E. Fisher announced that he will be running as a Democratic Party Candidate for the United States Senate seat left vacant when Jeff Sessions was confirmed by the Senate as US Attorney General. Jason Fisher is the Vice President & Senior Consultant … Continued
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May 18, 2017

Strange would make Sanctuary Cities pay for the wall

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, May 15, 2017, Senator Luther Strange (R-Alabama) and David Perdue (R-Georgia) introduced the Securing the Border and Protecting Our Communities Act. The bill would prohibit certain Federal Transportation Grant Funds from being made available to sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with the Department of Justice in upholding … Continued
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May 17, 2017

Crumpton and Zeigler announce they will not run for Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter A number of candidates have announced this week that are running in the Special Election for the US Senate seat. On Tuesday, May 16, a couple of high profile candidates announced that they will not be running. State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) and 2016 Senatorial candidate Ron Crumpton (D) … Continued
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May 17, 2017

Randy Brinson qualifies for US Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, May 15, 2017, Randy Brinson filed his papers to run for the US Senate seat vacated by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) when Sessions was confirmed as US Attorney General by the US Senate. Brinson was at Alabama Republican Party headquarters on Lorna Road in Hoover on Monday at … Continued
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May 16, 2017

Four days left in Legislative Session

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter There are four days left in the 2017 Legislative Session and this session has been made much clearer,.even though the week was dominated by a bizarre partisan filibuster where members of the House literally had to sit at their desks listening to a robot read for over 18 hours. … Continued
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May 15, 2017

Trump supporter Perry Hooper Jr. to make Senate election announcement Wednesday

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Perry Hooper Jr., a staunch Trump supporter and co-chairman of Trump’s Alabama campaign, is expected to make an announcement about the US Senate special election on Wednesday. It isn’t clear whether Hooper will announce intentions to run in the special election. Hooper, a former five-term state representative, had not … Continued
May 15, 2017

Midwifery bill on way to Senate after being amended

Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter A bill that would decriminalize the practice of midwifery is on its way to the Alabama Senate after it was amended in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, May 10. The amendment would require non-certified midwives to obtain liability insurance before they could practice in Alabama. The insurance would cover … Continued
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May 11, 2017