by The Observer Staff | Jun 6, 2014 | Politics
By Greg Markley Opelika Observer Most Lee County legislators were easily renominated on Tuesday. The smallest margin was for first-term State Sen. Tom Whatley (District 27). He defeated Andy Carter by 53 percent to 47 percent. Born on a dairy farm near Opelika,...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 2, 2014 | Politics
By Greg Markley Opelika Observer With the 2014 Alabama primaries four days away, voters deciding whether their solitary vote might matter can draw lessons from the 2008 U.S. Senate race in Minnesota. There, Democrat Al Franken unseated Republican Norm Coleman by just...