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Katie Britt Favored to Capture Senate Seat By Steve Flowers OPINION — Katie Britt is headed to a likely victory to fill our U.S. Senate seat in next Tuesday’s June 21 runoff. The 40 year old, first time candidate garnered an amazing 45% of the vote against two major...

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Very Impressive, High Steppin’ Victory for Gov. Ivey By Steve Flowers OPINION –– Our popular high steppin’, pistol tottin’ Gov. Kay Ivey won a very impressive reelection victory for governor on May 24. Ivey turned back eight GOP primary challengers to win the...

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TV Still Drives the Vote By Steve Flowers After the 1960 Kennedy vs. Nixon classic presidential contest, television became the medium for political campaigns. TV became the new campaign strategy in Alabama in 1962. George Wallace, Big Jim Folsom and Ryan DeGraffenried...

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We Miss Shorty Price By Steve Flowers OPINION — The governor’s races of bygone years were a lot more fun and colorful than today's.  We would have 10 to 15 candidates. There would be three or four favorites, but we would have 10 others that would make an effort...
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Inside the Statehouse

Recently, I came across a copy of an old congressional directory from 1942. It is always fun for me to read about this era in American political...

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Inside the Statehouse

As is my custom at the close of the year, I like to memorialize great Alabamians who have appeared and lived legendary lives upon the stage of...

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Inside the Statehouse

The Republican tidal wave that swept Alabama’s statewide office holders to landslide victories filtered down to legislative races. Even though our...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers In Alabama political history, the office of Probate Judge was the most powerful and prestigious position. In the old days, in every...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Now that the dust has settled on this year’s elections, let’s look back at who are the big winners and losers of the year. The...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers A few last thoughts and observations on our Nov. 6 general elections in Alabama. Our new 55th Governor looked and sounded more like...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The only sport that Alabamians enjoy more than Alabama politics is college football. We especially love the Alabama vs. Auburn...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers   The legendary Alabama storyteller, Kathryn Tucker Windham, used to say, “Alabama is like a big front porch.” She was right,...

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By Steve Flowers Our gubernatorial election year politics ended yesterday. However, there have been other political maneuverings and developments...

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