Comments on: JeffCo Probate Judge Campaigns

by: Top Ten Who Lost: #9 » Doc’s Political Parlor

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:52:14 +0000

[…] In the Jefferson County Probate Judge Place 1 race, Democrat Alan King defeated incumbent Mark Gaines by 6 percentage points after people reacted strongly to Gaines’ negative campaign that was widely believed to be unfair to King. (Even The Birmingham News who endorsed Gaines said he “deserved to lose.”) […]

by: Top Ten Election Winners: #7 » Doc’s Political Parlor

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:43:43 +0000

[…] The highest vote getter in the county in any race was Democrat Sherri Friday in Probate Court Place 2. (One Republican judge told a friend of mine, “You do not want to run against an over-the-mountain Democrat.”) At Probate Court Place 1, Riley appointee Mark Gaines fumbled so badly that the Birmingham News, who had endorsed him, editorialized that they were “deeply disappointed” by his “misleading and unfair allegations about his opponent, Alan King,” and that he “deserved to lose.” (And he did.) […]

by: Danny

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:34:00 +0000

To the last comment, I understand that the Smallwood campaign did have targeted mailings with different fliers going to specific communities.

by: Anonymous

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:22:00 +0000

I’ve seen a copy of the Smallwood campaign’s mailer (which I understand to be its ONLY mailer), and it did NOT contain any claim that Smallwood authored any law. Unless something was printed and mailed which was apart from the campaign’s major mailing, there wasn’t any such claim in a mailing. So I would be very interested in seeing a copy of this alleged mail piece which you say was sent to voters in Hoover.

I have a copy of the campaign’s mailer which I’d be happy to scan and send to someone who’s interested.

I truly don’t care who wins this particular race (and I’ve never met either of the candidates). It just seems to me that some people might be jumping to conclusions about bad intent when there are other (more reasonable) explanations about this particular point.

by: Anonymous

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:15:00 +0000

It is in the direct mailer sent to Hoover also–

by: Anonymous

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:40:00 +0000

Per number 2 the same claim appears in a FULL page ad in the Leeds paper–”Alabama Adoption Law Author”–so might need to get a better story

by: Anonymous

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:34:00 +0000

If you’re unaware that a Democratic Party candidate in Jefferson County would try to have a different message for black voters than for white voters, you’re terribly naive. The message a white Democrat is going to send to black voters is that he is endorsed by the local black leadership. Period. The message to most of the white voters (i.e. the Republicans) is that he really shares their values and is just running as a Democrat for pragmatic reasons to win. That is the strategy that Friday has pursued. It’s effective, and it will probably win the race for her. Of course, it helps that Smallwood has run one of the most inept campaigns in recent memory.

by: Anonymous

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:24:00 +0000

may have not made it
but here is link address
http://alablawg.wordpress.com
/2006/11/06/elections-post/

by: Anonymous

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:22:00 +0000

Wow–check out these comments–Smallwood wins she’ll be disbarred before the swearing in–
http://alablawg.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/elections-post/

by: Anonymous

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:45:00 +0000

Wow–I was not aware that a Probate Judge candidate would have “one message for black voters and another for white voters” –that is sorta well ridiculous–putting black faces on that mailer was only to race bait–

Especially true since the Smallwoods would be no where without Arrington as I understand their Bahakel wannabe history–

o well