primary election

Secretary of State Merrill Talks Cybersecurity, Trip to Israel

Alabama’s Secretary of State John Merrill is speaking out about keeping voters as cyber secure as possible in the state’s 2020 election cycle. “One of the things that we’re dedicated to doing is to ensuring that when you cast your ballot for the candidate of your choice, it’s going to count for the candidate of your choice,” Merrill said. Merrill…

GOP Rejects Challenge to Bobby Bright Candidacy

He'll be on Primary Ballot in June.

Former Democratic 2nd District Congressman and Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright will be able to run as a Republican for his old seat in the June Republican Primary. Bright went before a closed door  GOP committee meeting in Montgomery this afternoon to address a challenge to his candidacy. The challenger said Bright was too tied to the Alabama Democratic Party to…

Alabama Primary Qualification Deadline Approaching

Governor's son qualifies

Joseph Siegelman, son of former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman, has qualified to run for Attorney General in the June Democratic Primary.   That would position him—if he wins the primary— to run as a Democrat against the former Federal Prosecutor who helped put his father in jail, Alice Martin—if she wins. She has qualified to run as a Republican for…

Deadline Approaching for Voter Registration

The Alabama primary election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ senate seat is fast approaching. So is the deadline to register to make sure you can vote. There is a crowded field to fill Sessions’ seat in the Senate. Republican candidates including incumbant Senator Luther Strange, former Chief Justice Roy Moore, and Congressman Mo Brooks. Democratic candidates include U.S. attorney Doug…