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State Sen. Harri Anne Smith in Senate District 29 and Chip McCallum in House Distrct 47 appear to be preparing to run as independents in their respective races after the state GOP decided that neither could run as Republicans.
In the November election, the incumbent Smith would face Democrat Jennifer Adams and the winner of the Republican primary between George Flowers and Nathan Mathis.
Chip McCallum would face Republican incumbent Jack Williams in the November election. No Democrat qualified for the race.
Thanks to reader P for McCallum news.
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Chip could have saved everyone a lot of time & money, if he had just ran with his own party, the Democrats.
I wonder why no one wants to run as a Democrat anymore?
By the time these two were disqualified by the GOP, the deadline to file as a Democrat had passed.
HAS the INDEPENDENT voice of the Senate?.What a JOKE!!HAS when was the last time you attended church??How much gambling $$ have you taken from Uncle Ronnie??Did you ever go to sin city(Las Vegas)??.HAS do everybody a favor and leave ALABAMA!!!!
How does Dem.Congressman Bright get away with endorsing Hari Anne Smith when there is a Democrat in the race? Does the Democratic Party have no rules or moral compass in this matter?
Has Bright endorsed Harri Anne Smith? That is the political kiss of death right now.
Stop spreading lies and rumors. Bright has not endorsed anybody. And Harri Ann is wildly popular.
Bobby Bright was on WTVY news all day yesterday. They kept running it. He said Hari Anne did the right thing 2 years ago in endorsing him. He said Hari Anne helped him, and he would help her. Ask anyone in Dothan.
“wildly” popular? with who?
All Smith will do is split the Democrat vote in a Republican district.
Anyone attempting to blast Bright or Smith are pulling straws and most likely smoking crack. Both are good people and have done an excellent job promoting their values and voting the way most people of their districts have asked them to do.
Neither has sided with their party and voted on legislation just like their parties have wanted them to. Although, neither one is afraid to vote their own convictions, thank God. It takes what is commonly referred to my friends as BACKBONE and this is what BOTH of these individuals share in common. Both have proven track records and ARE NOT voting PUPPETS for their party’s. We need more politicians to be like them whom is willing to stand up for what is best for Alabama 02 and District 29. ( Plain and simple )
Get It Right, You got it completely right. Legislators need to remember who put them in office. It’s not the Republican or Democratic party, it’s the people they represent. I think Smith saw that Bright was a better candidate and could not support the other guy just because they were in the same party. That tells me she at least has some convictions about her. I hope she beats the pants off her opponents. Boy will that send a message. One that might be quite hard to swallow for some!
Political parties that select nominees for general elections can not exclude candidates based on arbitrary “party rules.”
This goes back to the 1944 Smith v Allwright decision where democrats in Texas decided only white people could vote in their primaries because they were a “private club” and could set their own rules:
http://supreme.justia.com/us/321/649/case.html
saying smith has backbone and true convictions shows a lack of knowledge about her history.
bright has done a great job and it will reflect on smith for helping to put him there…so what that a handfull of of former supporters have dumped her..shes made that up ten fold and they can’t hardly stand it…
CC, The only reason HAS endorsed Bright was because Love and the other Republicans wouldn’t payoff her campaign debt!!HAS cares only about HAS!!You need to wake up!!
Maybe HAS will be head of the Geneva County Green Party and still be a lifelong Republican!!
No matter how Bobby Bright voted, the one vote that should do him in is his vote for Nancy Pelosi…. And now we ALL have healthcare!!! Keep voting for the Dems and let’s see what we get next