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Bentley sets special election for House District 58

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, December 5, 2016 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced the timeline for a special election in House District 58. Alabama House of Representatives District 58 was vacated when Representative Oliver Robinson (D from Birmingham) announced his resignation. Robinson resigned in order to avoid a potential conflict of interest … Continued
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December 6, 2016

Confusion at End of House District 79 Race

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, September 22, 2016, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) announced that Republican Primary winner Joe Lovvorn will be certified as the winner of the House District 79 (HD79) seat after the Secretary of State’s office determined that Libertarian candidate Gage Fenwick failed to get enough signatures … Continued
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September 26, 2016

Lovvorn Avoided Runoff By Just 13 Votes

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 14, 2016, a pitiful 4008 people showed up to vote in the Alabama House District 79 Republican Primary. Those voters elected realtor Joseph “Joe” Lovvorn to the Alabama House of Representatives. Lovvorn narrowly won without a runoff between himself and businessman Sandy Toomer by just 13 … Continued
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September 15, 2016

Joe Lovvorn Wins House District 79 Republican Primary

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Republican Primary Voters in House District 79 went to the polls to select whom they want to represent them in the Alabama House of Representatives. A narrow majority of 51 percent selected Joe Lovvorn out of a field of four in the heavily Republican … Continued
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September 14, 2016

Lottery Is Dead For November 8 Ballot and Foreseeable Future

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Senate debated the lottery for four days of this Special Session. On Tuesday, August 23, it took the Alabama House of Representatives just a few minutes to effectively kill the lottery, without ever even discussing it in a committee. Freshly energized lottery opponents used the tight timeline … Continued
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August 24, 2016

Senate Cloture Vote Kills Lottery Bill SB11

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—On Thursday, the lottery bill SB11 (including video lottery terminals) sponsored by Jim McClendon (R-Springville), was carried over after a cloture vote in the Senate. “It is not usual for someone to cloture themselves,” said McClendon. After explaining his bill and answering questions for two days, the Senate responded … Continued
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August 19, 2016

Corley Ellis Appears to Be Next Representative in District 41

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, August 15, the Alabama Republican Party closed candidate qualifying for Alabama House of Representatives District 41 at 5:00 p.m. CDT. The only candidate who qualified to run for the vacant District 41 seat was Corley Ellis. Corley Ellis represents Shelby County Commission District 1. He is from … Continued
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August 17, 2016

House District 41 Primary is Set For October 18

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, July 27, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced the timeline for a Special Election to fill the vacant District 41 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. The District 41 vacancy was created when Gov. Bentley appointed Rep. Mike Hill (R-Columbiana) to be the Superintendent of the State … Continued
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July 29, 2016

Alabama Democratic Party Looking For HD 79 Candidate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, July 1, there are five Republicans already running to fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, but no Lee County Democrat has come forward to run for the seat. If Democrats are ever going to break the Republican Party’s iron grip on … Continued
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July 4, 2016

Special Election Set for House District 80

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, November 9 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced the timeline for a special election to fill the Alabama House District 80 seat vacated by the death of Representative Lesley Vance (R).  District 80 covers portions of Lee and Russell Counties. Governor Bentley said, “Representative Vance was a … Continued
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November 10, 2015