Alabama Election News
Ronald Reagan’s Attorney General Endorses Sessions
As the Alabama GOP runoff election between former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville heats up, Sessions has scored a high-profile endorsement from President Ronald Reagan’s former Attorney General, Ed Meese. Meese served as Reagan’s Attorney General from 1985-1988. Meese…
Kiani Gardner: Supreme Court DACA Decision A Win, Path To Citizenship Still Needed
The U.S. Supreme Court today blocked President Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), lending a blow to the administrations attempt to end an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation. The…
AL-01: Kiani Gardner Endorsed by National Women’s Political Caucus
The National Women’s Political Caucus has endorsed Democratic candidate Dr. Kiani Gardner’s candidacy for Alabama’s 1st Congressional District In announcing the endorsement, NWPC President, Donna Lent, stated: “The National Women’s Political Caucus is delighted to endorse Kiani Gardner. Alabama’s 1st Congressional District needs a fighter for…
Sessions and Jones Battle Over Renaming Confederate-Named Military Assets.
On Wednesday, Alabama’s Democratic Senator, Doug Jones voted for an amendment proposed by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren that would require all military assets that are named after Confederate soldiers to be renamed. “Our servicemen and women shouldn’t have to live and work on American military…
Lilly Ledbetter Campaigns With Doug Jones to Celebrate Anniversary of Equal Pay Act
On Wednesday, Alabama native and champion of equal pay policies for women, Lilly Ledbetter joined Alabama’s Democratic Senator, Doug Jones to celebrate the anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Equal Pay Act that was signed into law by President Obama in 2009. According to a press…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced that U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-Ala.) was awarded both its Jefferson–Hamilton Award for Bipartisanship and the Abraham Lincoln Leadership for America Award. Senator Jones is one of only two senators to have earned both honors this year, which recognizes members…
Trump Hits Back at Sessions and Attacks Jones
The Twitter war between President Trump and his former Attorney General, Jeff Sessions has intensified to a new stage. On Sunday, Sessions tweeted, “[email protected]: Mr. President, Alabama can and does trust me, as do conservatives across the country. Perhaps you’ve forgotten. They trusted me when…
Sessions Defends Himself Against Trump and Tuberville; Jones Responds
AL GOP Senate candidate Jeff Sessions has repeatedly tried to reconcile his relationship with President Donald Trump while at the same time, defending his decision to recuse himself from the Russia-related investigations into the President. However, his attempts have been futile. The President has continued…
Trump Tax Cuts Architect Stephen Moore Endorses Jeff Sessions
Stephen Moore, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation who has been nicknamed the “architect” of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, endorsed former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in his bid for U.S. Senate. “Jeff Sessions played a heroic role in terms…
New Poll Shows Tuberville Leading Sessions by 23 Points
The AL GOP runoff election between former Auburn football Coach Tommy Tuberville and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will take place on July 14 and a new poll shows Tuberville leading Sessions by an impressive 23 points. The poll was conducted by the Republican pollster…