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Tommy Tuberville's run for governor opens up a U.S. Senate seat, while 105 state legislative seats are also up for grabs.
Former candidates Jermaine Burrell and Lawrence Battiste backed Drummond, now the only Black candidate in a city with 47.5% ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WIAT) — Gov. Kay Ivey scheduled special election dates for the vacant Alabama House District 13 seat Tuesday. The special primary election is set for Sept. 30. If necessary, the ...
Alabama has elected 190 members to the U.S. House for over 205 years, but it achieved a first last week: Two Black residents from Alabama took the oath of office to serve in the U.S. House at the ...
Streaming on "News 5 Now": A bill to possibly change how elections are handled in Alabama, racist texts sent to Black students across the country, and plans for a medical park in Foley.
Leading up to the election – with support from the Movement for Black Lives and its Freedom Fall fellowship – we texted more than 400,000 Black voters in Alabama.
Qualifying ended Tuesday for candidates who intend to be on the ballot in the August municipal elections.
Alabama is a consistently red state, with more than 60% of its voters casting ballots for the Republican Party’s candidate in every presidential election since 2004.
Nearly 125,000 additional Alabama voters would likely cast a ballot in the 2024 general election, including approximately 33,000 Black Alabamians and 3,000 Hispanic Alabamians. Same-day voter ...
Federal judges ruled Alabama discriminated against Black residents in drawing congressional districts, and now the court must decide whether to require the state receive federal approval of its maps.
It resulted in the 2024 election of a Black Democrat — Rep. Shomari Figures. So Alabama now has two Black members of Congress, out of its seven seats in the U.S. House.