In case you missed it, Ron Sparks says he’s not a doctor.
The Democratic nominee for governor says he knows What’s Ailing Alabama? in his new :30 spot.
The man who is a doctor in this campaign, Republican nominee Robert Bentley, has also rolled out a new :30 commercial, I Love My Patients.
The general election is 36 [...]
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Alabama’s D-4 Republican congressman, Robert Aderholt, says the GOP’s “Pledge” unveiled Thursday is “a start.”
This morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama, Aderholt, who is unopposed in his re-election effort for an 8th term, predicted GOP gains in the state’s congressional delegation.
In particular, he sees Mo Brooks running strong against Steve Raby in D-5.
Aderholt expects [...]
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Democratic nominee for governor Ron Sparks dismisses Rasmussen Reports as a Republican pollster surveying Republicans for Republicans, but the latest Rasmussen Reports survey keeps GOP nominee Robert Bentley comfortably in front.
Sparks, who boasts he is gaining in a survey by the AEA’s polling wing, remains 20-points down in the RAS survey.
The latest poll has Bentley [...]
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Economic growth and dealing with Jefferson county’s massive sewer debt topped Monday night’s debate at Samford University in Homewood.
Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks and Republican state lawmaker Robert Bentley met in the latest debate, this time sponsored by the Birmingham Business Journal.
This morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama, lawmakers Rep. Paul DeMarco (R-Homewood) and [...]
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Dale Peterson recycles the viral video that made him the talk of politics in May during his unsuccessful campaign for Alabama’s Agriculture Commissioner.
This new version posted by the Hoover-based Rainy Day Patriots calls for Tea Partiers to move by “air, land, sea” to boost “likeminded” voters to elect conservatives.
Peterson has been busy. He appeared over [...]
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Both candidates in the race for governor have unveiled new campaign spots this week.
Republican nominee Robert Bentley talks illegal immigration in “I Will Not Wait.”
In “Chance,” Democratic nominee Ron Sparks focuses on… wait for it! An education lottery.
Sparks hosts former president Bill Clinton today at a $1,000-a-person fundraiser at Birmingham’s The Summit Club today [...]
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Republican nominee for governor Robert Bentley likes the results of his continuing “picture poll.”
The Tuscaloosa dermatologist says the people who come up to shake his hand or get a photograph or an autograph shows, in his mind, support is building. Polling by Rasmussen Reports in recent weeks suggests the same.
Bentley, who has pledged to not [...]
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The Ron Sparks campaign says former president Bill Clinton will come to Birmingham this week for a fundraiser.
The $1,000-a-person event takes place at the Summit Club in downtown Birmingham Thursday at 1pm.
It is billed as a discussion of “creating jobs and moving Alabama forward” in the campaign email.
The Democratic nominee for governor is campaigning in [...]
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Dr. Robert Bentley launched the first in what his campaign calls a series of television commercials focusing on job creation in the state.
It’s Time showcases his 2010 Reemployment Act and vows to create and protect Alabama jobs.
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey meanwhile shows Bentley’s biggest lead yet in a general election matchup with Democrat Ron [...]
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Democratic nominee for governor Ron Sparks says he was “saddened” by Rep. Artur Davis’s Op-Ed in Sunday’s Montgomery Advertiser.
While on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama (view below), Sparks said “I like Artur Davis… I am saddened about the comments he continues to make about me, but over time I think Artur Davis will hopefully heal [...]
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