Tag: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1

Former U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) and Austin Sidwell were the first to qualify with the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) to run in the Congressional District 1 special election. The election will be held on August 11.

Republican voters will see a crowded slate for Congressional District 1 on the May 19 primary ballot. However, the results will be nullified once the special election takes place in August. While some candidates for CD-1 plan to stay in the district, others will switch to CD-2.

All seven candidates for United States Representative for the Congressional District 1 weighed in on Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, finding that the use of race-based redistricting is unconstitutional.

The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) endorses candidates based on shared grassroots values and a new television ad in the Congressional District 1 race is causing confusion.

The top candidates in the race for the Republican nomination to Congressional District 1 are sounding the alarm over a proposed solar farm project in north Baldwin County, and at least one candidate is pointing his finger at the other.

Congressional candidate Joshua McKee, of Robertsdale, is called a political newcomer, but if you ask him, he has been in the political realm for quite some time.

Former U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) is ready to return to Congress, announcing Monday that he is running to replace U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise). Moore declared last week that he is running for the U.S. Senate.

Tom Holmes, a Democrat from Mobile, is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) for congressional district one. His son, Thomas B. Holmes, II, also known as “T-Tom,” passed away on August 29.