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Katie Britt won the Senate Race the Old-Fashioned Way By Steve Flowers OPINION — Katie Boyd Britt won the Republican Senate Primary the old fashioned way. She got out and worked for it and earned it and, folks, she won big. She beat Mo Brooks 63% to 37% in the GOP...

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Bill Baxley By Steve Flowers The 1970 governor’s race between George Wallace and Albert Brewer overshadowed every other political race in the state that year. However, one of Alabama’s legendary political figures burst on the scene in 1970, when Bill Baxley was...

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Do Campaign Ads Pander? By Steve Flowers OPINION –– During the waning days of the campaigns for governor and U.S. senator, I received an inordinate amount of correspondence lamenting the outrageous, demagogic, disingenuous, negative ads, especially on television. The...

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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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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers As the new quadrennium crests in Alabama government, everybody looks toward a new beginning. There is a new fresh four years ahead...

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Inside the Statehouse

Regardless of what happens in Donald Trump’s administration during the next two years, he will have a proven record of success as President,...

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Inside the Statehouse

Preparations are being made to take the 2020 Census. This process is not just a fun game to spell out demographic changes and interesting tidbits...

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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

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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