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Today is a federal holiday - Juneteenth. All the banks, government offices, some businesses, and most schools are closed today to celebrate the freedom of the slaves in Texas. Most of the fighting in the War Between the States was in Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and the other southern states. Texas was less of a battlefield so the slaves there were unaware of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 freeing the slaves. After the...
June 16, 2026 – Katherine Green Robertson is the Republican nominee for Attorney General for the state of Alabama and one of the rising young female Republican superstars nationally. Robertson had the solid support of the Sheriffs and that translated into an election victory on Tuesday. Robertson bested Jay Mitchell – who left the Alabama Supreme Court 13 months ago to campaign fulltime for this position. "Thank you, Alabama! I am so honored to be my party's nominee for Attorney General," sai...
June 16, 2026 – TANNER, Ala – John Wahl has won the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama. Wahl – the Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party until late January – defeated Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen in the Republican primary runoff. Wes Allen received 132,625 votes - 43.01%. Wahl received 175,724 votes - 56.99%. "This campaign is about the people of Alabama," said Wahl. "And that is what has made this campaign different. It's a movement and it's a movement for cha...
June 16, 2026 – Former State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) is running in the June 16 Republican primary for Public Service Commission. Zeigler recently joined Brandon Moseley and Christopher Peeks for the Brandon and Christopher Show Podcast. Zeigler unseated Bull Connor (D) in the 1972 Democratic Primary to be elected to the Public Service Commission the first time. He did not run again in 1980. "It appears that the PSC went to nothing or next to nothing after I left," Zeigler said. "When I was t...
Republican Lieutenant Governor candidate John Wahl recently joined Brandon Moseley and Christopher Peeks for the Brandon and Christopher Show Podcast. Wahl is a former Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party Wahl described himself as "the outsider in the race" Wahl said that his opponent - Secretary of State John Wahl - has gone negative against him - like he went negative on Nicole other lieutenant Governor candidates including Jones Wadsworth and Rick Pate during the primary. Wahl said that...
June 12, 2026 - Alabama Gazette columnist former state Representative Perry O. Hooper Jr. joined Brandon Moseley and Christopher Peeks to discuss Alabama politics, GOP dynamics, and the 2026 landscape ahead of the June 16 primary runoff. In a wide‑ranging and candid conversation, longtime Alabama political figure Perry O. Hooper Jr. joined hosts Brandon Moseley and Christopher Peeks on their latest podcast episode, offering his perspective on the state's political climate, Republican Party d...
June 13, 2026 – VESTAVIA Hills – Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) spoke to the Mid Alabama Republican Club (MARC). Moore is seeking election to the U.S. Senate in the June 16 Republican primary. "I built my garbage company from the ground up," Moore said. He had been recruited by local Republicans to run for office but declined due to the demands of his business. "When President (Barak) Obama said we are no longer a Christian nation, I told my wife, Heather, that if they asked again I wou...
Alabama House District 96 Republican nominee Danielle Duggar outlined her conservative policy goals and discussed her primary victory in a recent Heart of Dixie podcast interview. Duggar focused on grassroots, door-to-door campaign strategy to overcome significant spending by out of state gambling interests. Duggar has won the Republican primary, but she still faces a Democratic general election opponent whom she said was, "A radical leftist transgender." "Doug Jones is going to mobilize liberal...
June 16, 2026 - TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen's (R) closing campaign advertisement for lieutenant governor has gone viral, catching the attention of both statewide voters and national outlets like the Wall Street Journal. The controversial spot features an animated, AI-generated raccoon named "Charlie".In the ad, the raccoon claims to live-and sleep-at the house of Allen's Republican primary runoff opponent, former GOP Chairman John Wahl. The A.I. generated cartoon...
June 14, 2026 - HOOVER, Ala. – The Alabama Republican Party State Steering Committee voted unanimously to reject the challenge by Ken McFeeters of Senator Tommy Tuverville's Alabama residency. McFeeters was the second place finisher in the May 19 Republican primary. He claimed that Tuberville did not meet the standard for Alabama set by the Alabama Constitution to hold a constitutional office. McFeeters argued that Tuberville – who owns a $6 million beach home in Santa Rosa, Florida – has not r...
June 13, 2026 – HOOVER, Ala. – The John Wahl campaign for Lieutenant Governor received a boost when country music superstar Lee Greenwood performed for free for John Wahl supporters. Greenwood has had dozens of hits in his 65+ yearlong performing career; but his 'God Bless the USA' song has achieved music immortality. Greenwood open with, "Dixie Road" and followed that up with his musical version of "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America." Steve McClinton – a Hoove...
June 3, 2026 - HOOVER, Ala. - On Tuesday night, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Alabama's redrawn congressional maps originally enacted by the Legislature in 2023, clearing the way for the state to once again use the maps after lower federal courts had previously blocked their implementation. The Alabama Republican Party said that the decision marks a significant victory for Alabama Republicans who have long argued that the Legislature's maps were lawfully enacted and that Alabama voter...
June 3, 2026 - Montgomery, Ala- Democrats have strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming states' rights and further limiting the scope of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Supreme Court decision Tuesday to lift the injunction on redistricting in Alabama allows the state to proceed with maps drawn by Alabama's Legislature in 2023 in the 2026 election cycle. Alabama House Democrats called the 2023 map "intentionally discriminatory". The 2023 map was found to be unconstitutional...
June 2, 2026 – MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The August 11 Congressional primary is back on and the state will be using the 2023 map prepared by Alabama's elected Legislators. That had been clearly apparent after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the injunction on the state. Governor Kay Ivey (R) called a special session and the Republican controlled Alabama Legislature voted to jettison the Congressional map drawn by a court appointed special master and go back to the 2023 Congressional map prepared by the L...
May 19, 2026 – Dakarai Larriett and Everett Wess both advanced to the runoff in the Democratic primary. The Senate seat is open due to Senator Tommy Tuberville's decision to run for Governor. Dakarai Larriett received 98,950 votes (29.11%). Everett Wess finished first with 134,507 votes (39.57%). Mark Wheeler finished in third with 59,158 votes (17.40%). Kyle Sweetser finished n fourth with 47,288 votes (13.91%). "We have a republic if we can keep it," Wess said recently on voting rights q...
On May 19 Alabama Democrats went to the polls to select their candidates for the November 3 general election. The big winner was former Senator Doug Jones who bested a half dozen prominent Democrats in his bid to be the Democratic nominee for Governor of Alabama. Jones had 286,612 votes. That's 78.6 percent of the votes cast in the Democratic primary for Governor. Will Boyd had 35,267 votes (9.67%), Jamel J. Brown 15,808 (4.34%), Yolanda Rochelle Flowers 18,230 (5%), Chad "Chig" Martin 5,765 (1....
June 2, 2026 – MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's first medical marijuana dispensary opens Thursday in Montgomery, marking a historic milestone five years in the making. After five years of rulemaking, license applications, and litigation Alabama will become the 40th state in the country where persons with a legitimate medical need will be able to legally purchase doctor recommended medical marijuana without breaking any state law. Callie's Apothecary, located on Atlanta Highway, becomes the first f...
May 21, 2026 - WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) spoke on the Senate floor to celebrate the Hous's passage of her legislation, Lulu's Law, in the U.S. House of Representatives. Lulu Gribbin is a Mountain Brook, Ala. Teenager who lost her leg and hand to a shark attack. The shark had previously attacked another woman 90 miles away, but that information had not been relayed to the Alabama beach where Miss Gribbin was swimming. "I rise to honor Lulu Gribbin and to celebrate...
June 1, 2026 – BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Former Republican candidate for Governor Ken McFeeters informed the Alabama Gazette that the Alabama Republican Party told him that the party's candidate committee (generally just the 21-member Steering Committee) will consider his challenge to Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-Alabama) eligibility to be the party's nominee for Governor. Tuberville recently won the Alabama Republican primary with 421,754 votes (85%). McFeeters came in second with 47,166 (9....
Monday is a state holiday in Alabama as the state honors the legacy of the President of the Confederate States of America. State offices, county court houses, and most schools will be closed for the official state. Federal offices, post offices, and most banks will be open. Davis was inaugurated in Montgomery – the first capital of the Confederacy. The first White House of the Confederacy, where President Davis and his family lived is maintained across the street from the historic 1859 C...
May 22, 2026 – BAY MINETTE, Ala. – A Baldwin County jury found prominent attorney Harry Still III "not guilty" of assaulting Bay Minette City Councilman Matt Franklin in a one day trial in which the defense rested without calling any witnesses pr presenting any evidence. The prosecution's case was mortally wounded when during cross examination Franklin appeared to contradict both his own prior statement and the testimony, he delivered just an hour earlier with prosector on multiple points. In...
June 4, 2026 – WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Mike Rogers (R-Saks) recently spoke about the importance of strengthening America's defense industrial capacity. "Throughout our budget hearings this year, we've heard a consistent theme: the defense industrial base – the foundation of our military power – is in trouble," Chairman Rogers stated. "Over the last 30 years, the defense industrial base has atrophied significantly," Rogers continued. "We are no longe...
June 5, 2026 – Birmingham, Ala. – The United States Coast Guard held its ribbon cutting for their new Training Center on the campus of what used to be Birmingham Southern College. Some of the many dignitaries at the event included Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Senator Tommy Tuberville, Senator Katie Britt, Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma), Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, U.S. Attorney Phil Williams, and the Commandant of the Coa...
SOUTH CAROLINA – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has defeated five challengers in a Republican primary avoiding an embarrassing runoff. Graham finished with 56.8 percent of the vote - 263,895 votes. His closest challenger was Mark Lynch – who worked for an appliance repair company. Lynch attacked Graham and President Donald J. Trump's foreign policy and claimed it was time for a change – Graham has served as U.S. Senator since 2003. Lynch was endorsed by General Mike Flynn. It di...
June 9, 2026 – HOOVER, Ala. – The Alabama Republican Party Steering Committee will meet in the law offices of Balch & Bingham to hear Ken McFeeters' challenge of Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-Alabama) fitness to be the GOP nominee for Governor of Alabama. Tuberville owns a multi-million-dollar home in Santa Rosa Florida. He owns a much more modest home in Auburn. Former Republican Party candidate for Governor Ken McFeeters is challenging Tuberville's qualifications to run for Governor of Ala...
