Posted by Wayne Willingham, a Cullman County Commissioner, has announced his intention to run as a Republican for the House District 12 seat vacated by Neal Morrison. Names of others on the grapevine who may run as Republicans for the seat include former Cullman County Superintendent of Education Nancy Horton and the previously mentioned Rhonda Bruner.
In addition to previously mentioned possibilities on the Democratic side (Sheila Kretzschmar, Keith Kugler, and Brad Williams), attorney Kim Drake is said to be thinking about running. Though James Fields and Dean McMinn are Democrats mentioned as possibilities, the Parlor hears that they are unlikely to run.
There is at least one online mention that someone (AEA? Alfa?) is already doing some polling for the race.
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I think Horton is up for a Superintendents job in Tuscumbia, Danny.
I recall hereing something about that a while back. My mom lives in Cullman
and it sure is a strange political county. Democrats have a stranglehold
on the county government except the county commission. The GOP wins it going away
on the statewide elections. Its also a much more conservative county
than Morgan county is but Morgan is dominated by the GOP on the county level.
Its pretty strange.
Kim Drake is a joke. She couldn’t even win the Dem nomination for this race
Horton did not get the Supt job in Tuscumbia. It looks bad that after she got beat she
tried to leave Cullman.
[...] Doc’s Political Parlor covers some of the possibilities in the inevitable House District 12 special election in Cullman County. This is good because I haven’t had the time to keep up with that kind of stuff. [...]
[...] Doc’s Political Parlor >> HD 12 Rumors Posted Alabama Politics on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007. [...]
Is Willingham the same guy who was mayor of West Point, noted as
the first person to get elected from the Southern (i.e. Southern
League) Party?
Helen, yes, he is.
Dan, it could be an interesting race. The Republicans have a real chance for a pickup there, but I don’t think it’s a gimme for some of the reasons you are talking about.
[...] Sources had told the Parlor that James Fields was unlikely to run, but if that was the case, I guess encouraging polling numbers (relatively speaking) can encourage a fellow to change his mind. [...]