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By Steve Flowers Incumbency Prevails in 2022 State House Races Folks, believe it or not, we are closing in on six months before next year’s election year. The primary election is set for May 24, 2022. In Alabama, all our major constitutional officers are on the ballot...

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Reapportionment Done, Legislative Races Begin By Steve Flowers The new lines are finally drawn for next year’s state legislative and congressional elections. They have just made it under the wire for the late January qualifying deadline and the May 24, 2022, primary...

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2022 Elections Six Months Away By Steve Flowers Believe it or not, we are six months away from the 2022 elections. All statewide offices will be decided in the May 24, 2022 Republican Primary. Winning the Republican Primary is tantamount to election in the Heart of...

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Gov. John Patterson’s First Lesson By Steve Flowers Gov. John Patterson, who passed away earlier this year at 99, shared a funny story that occurred during the opening days of his administration. He entered the Governor’s office in January 1959 as the clean...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Judge Roy Moore and his wife, Kayla, made their traditional horseback ride to their voting place in Gallant in Etowah County, last...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The very interesting and entertaining Republican Primary for our open U.S. Senate seat culminates this Tuesday with the clash...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers As I mentioned last week, we will have a plethora of political contests to follow next year and the field is beginning to...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Labor Day is the traditional kickoff to an election year. Folks our quadrennial gubernatorial election year is going to be a doozy....

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Inside the Statehouse

Most people would assume that as the race for the open U.S. Senate began that Luther Strange, the appointed incumbent, was the favorite. However,...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers When the race for the open Jeff Sessions seat began, it appeared to be a Roy Moore versus Luther Strange contest. Well folks,...

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Inside the Statehouse

You know the results of Tuesday’s primaries for our U.S. Senate seat. I had to go to press before the vote. However, the assumption was that there...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Folks we are getting down to the proverbial lick log in the much-anticipated vote for the open U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff...

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Inside the Statehouse

During my tenure in the legislature in the 1980’s and 1990’s, political party affiliation was not as pronounced as it is today. We were identified...

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