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Ron Sparks Makes Campaign Connections?

Posted by Danny, on May 9th, 2007, at 8:29 am

Ron SparksOur state’s Democratic Agricultural Commissioner Ron Sparks has the look of a man laying the groundwork for a U.S. Senate run. The Political Parlor has learned that among his other appointments in Washington this week, Sparks set aside time in his schedule to meet with long time media guru Karl Struble.

Struble’s outfit stays busy in campaigns all over the country. Alabamians buzzed about the folksy ad (“probably the best of the year” in Alabama) that Struble created for Jim Folsom’s winning campaign for Lt. Governor (”I have 2 great kids, 3 dogs, 4 shotguns. I go to church every Sunday and never have played tennis at the Mountain Brook Club.”)

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2 comments to Ron Sparks Makes Campaign Connections?

  • Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Ron Sparks Ready To Run?
    May 10th, 2007 at 10:27 am

    [...] He’s making us wait for it.  Danny at Doc’s Political Parlor reports that Sparks met with media guru Karl Struble while he was in Washington this week, where he was also “likely to” visit with the DNC.  OTOH, I heard a longtime Democratic insider say recently that Sparks wouldn’t challenge Jeff Sessions for his Senate seat unless he was unopposed in the Democratic primary.  State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile) is also considering a run. [...]

  • On the Blue Dot Ball » Doc’s Political Parlor
    September 21st, 2007 at 11:34 am

    [...] In a night of many quips, attorney Greg Hawley had one of the better ones in introducing Lt. Governor Jim Folsom, saying that he believed he may have first met him on a tennis court in Mountain Brook. [...]

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