Steve Flowers Articles

Inside the Statehouse: General Election is Upon Us

General Election is Upon Us OPINION — Believe it or not, our 2022 general election is upon us, Nov. 8 to be exact. It seems to be going under the radar screen of most Alabama voters. There will be a record-breaking low voter turnout because there are really no...

Inside the Statehouse

Congressional Delegation Reelected in November OPINION — Our Alabama congressional delegation will all be reelected next month, as usual. We are no different than any other state when it comes to the incumbency advantage of being in Congress. When someone is elected...

Inside the Statehouse

National Trends Do Not Affect Alabama OPINION — As mentioned last week, all polling points to a significant Republican pickup of congressional seats in the upcoming November general election. It is a historical fact that the party that loses the White House in a...

Inside the Statehouse: GOP Poised for Congressional Gains

GOP Poised for Congressional Gains OPINION — For more than 100 years, political history has revealed without deviation that when a Democrat wins the presidency in a presidential year, that in the following midterm congressional elections two years later, Republicans...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The second year of the reign of Gov. Kay Ivey may give her a second major accomplishment during her tenure. In her first year, she...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Even though qualifying does not begin until Oct. 8, 2019, the field is probably set for the GOP Primary in March to unseat the...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The field is probably formulated for our 2020 Senate race. A Republican will be heavily favored to capture the seat currently held...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers During the late summer, it was revealed that Alabama’s economy set records for the number of people employed along with the lowest...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The upcoming 2020 census is extremely critical in Alabama and the rest of the states in the nation, as well. The census affects the...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Gov. Kay Ivey has had a very successful first year as governor. One of the coups she pulled off was getting the legislature to pass legislation...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers As we say goodbye to the summer of 2019, allow me to reminisce with you and indeed commemorate more than likely a summer exactly 50...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers It has been a long, hot summer in Montgomery, and I do not mean at the capitol or statehouse, but in the city of Montgomery itself....

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers One of the legendary figures in Alabama political lore is Floyd Mann. Colonel Mann was public safety director for two governors....

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