Cavanaugh Getting a Leg Up in PSC Race
Here’s another event where Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh was the sole Republican PSC presidential candidate invited though all GOP candidates (or, in this case, both) for another position were invited. How does she do that?
A trio of Republicans running in next month’s primary election brought their campaigns to Huntsville.
Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, a candidate for Public Service Commission president, and Mary Windom and Chris Mixon, rivals for the Place 2 position on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, were guests at a luncheon Tuesday hosted by the Huntsville Republican Women.
A reader close to a rival campaign tells the Parlor that GOP PSC presidential candidates Matt Chancey and Jack Hornady were not aware of the event. Looks like Cavanaugh is starting out as the presumptive nominee or her campaign is doing a terrific job of creating that impression.
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Other candidates did not register.
The early money was on Jay Love. The former Subway shop owner and state representative has the right profile for a GOP primary, implicit backing of the Montgomery GOP establishment including the Governor, and the ability to inject his own money into the campaign. However, somewhere along the road to the Love coronation, the parade has gotten a little off track. Fellow Montgomery State Rep. David Grimes was thought by many to be unlikely to actually make the ballot. Grimes will likely be outspent heavily by most of his opponents, but as a popular local Montgomery official any vote he gets will come off of Love. 
An AEA poll on the race for the Public Service Commission Presidency is floating around that shows Democrat Lucy Baxley with a 53%-29% advantage over Republican Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh. I find it hard to figure that this is anything other than a name ID poll, and so it’s no surprise that a former Lt. Governor would have a large lead over Cavanaugh who has had the lower profile roles of former state GOP chair and gubernatorial adviser.


(R) Jeff Sessions (1-19)
(D) Vivian Figures (33-1)
(D) Artur Davis (1-49)
(R) Mike Hubbard (13-1)
(?) David Bronner (OFF)