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 Posted by Danny, on May 26th, 2011, at 3:35 pmSpeaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R – Auburn) releases a statement after Rep. Daniel Boman of Sulligent announced that he was switching to the Democratic Party.
Posted by Danny, on May 26th, 2011, at 3:14 pmWe are hearing that state Rep. Daniel Boman of Sulligent has announced that he is switching parties. Boman is a House freshman elected as a Republican in November. The rumors about the potential switch had grown cold, and its resurrection appears to have caught some Democrats by surprise. More as we come up with [...] Posted by Danny, on May 12th, 2011, at 11:01 amIn case you missed it, the new Chair of the Alabama Democratic Party recently discussed with the Mobile Register his 5-point plan to revitalize Alabama Democrats. Elected after the 2010 bloodbath, Mark Kennedy may be the first chair in a long time with the ability to actually think outside the box. With Democrats [...] Posted by Danny, on March 16th, 2011, at 2:17 pmExpect an announcement soon that Virginia native Timothy “TJ” Maloney is the new Executive Director of the state Republican Party. Maloney has been active in various campaigns, including serving as campaign manager for Allen Alley’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign in Oregon and state Sen. Brad Zaun’s 2010 race for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District against [...] Posted by Danny, on March 4th, 2011, at 9:22 am
In email to the Parlor, Speaker of the House (and former state GOP Chair) Mike Hubbard wishes to set the record straight about the effort to have Bob Riley establish a political action committee and campaign organization outside the auspices of the Republican Party.
Posted by Danny, on March 3rd, 2011, at 9:16 am
The day after Jay Love (of the Bob Riley, Mike Hubbard, and Del Marsh branch of the GOP) lost the state chairmanship of the GOP to Bill Armistead, Bob Riley’s daughter Minda circulated email to the Governor’s Circle (the donor network established by Riley, Hubbard, and Marsh) saying [...] Posted by Danny, on February 23rd, 2011, at 8:52 pmAccording to this AP story today from Phillip Rawls, Paul Hamrick backs off of plans to work for the Senate GOP Caucus:
Posted by Danny, on February 19th, 2011, at 4:18 pmPaul Hamrick, the one time chief of staff to former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman, has been hired to do communications work for the Republican Senate majority caucus. Email from Sen. Jabo Waggoner yesterday was the first notice most caucus members received of the “strange hire” (in the words of one).
Posted by Danny, on February 19th, 2011, at 12:09 pmBill Armistead is elected over Jay Love as the Republicans’ state Chairman, succeeding Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard. Related Articles: Posted by Danny, on February 18th, 2011, at 11:29 am
Tomorrow the state GOP will decide who will succeed House Majority Leader Mike Hubbard as the party’s state chairman. Current Vice Chairman Bill Armistead and State Representative Jay Love are the two announced candidates. Armistead’s supporters believe that he represents the grassroots of the party, the same crowd that supported new Governor Robert Bentley. [...] Posted by waltm, on February 1st, 2011, at 11:54 amCovington County has seen nine elected office holders switch while an equally big get was the switch of the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff. The Covington County switchers did sign a brief profession:
Posted by Danny, on January 22nd, 2011, at 7:43 am
Tuesday night, the Over the Mountain Democrats hosted a panel discussing topics related to the state party suffering “a thrashing” in November (in the words of moderator Barry Ragsdale). Panelists included state Rep. Merika Coleman (of Midfield) and Mark Kennedy who is expected to be the party’s next state chair. Left in Alabama [...] Posted by Danny, on November 9th, 2010, at 10:54 am
What are you hearing about the future of our state’s party chairs? Mike Hubbard is on track to be the next Speaker of the House. Who do you imagine might succeed him when the state GOP elects a new Chair in February? Traveling rumors say that Joe Turnham has already stepped aside in [...] Posted by Danny, on November 5th, 2010, at 8:52 am
Every Republican in the state House of Representatives this week received the email below from U.S. Congressman Spencer Bachus. There is a follow-up quiz. Does the email represent: A) A largely unprecedented effort by a U.S. Congressman to insert himself in the organization of one of our state legislative chambers, B) the gusto [...] Posted by Danny, on November 4th, 2010, at 3:13 pm
Rep. Mike Hubbard is poised to become the next Speaker of the House as the House GOP Caucus today made him its nominee for the role. The original motion (by Spencer Collier) was that Hubbard would be the Speaker and that Paul DeMarco would be Speaker pro tem. Governor-elect Bentley, among others, had suggested [...] |
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