Every Republican running in an Alabama congressional or statewide race in Tuesday’s 2020 general election won. This included huge wins for President Donald J. Trump and Republican U.S. Senatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville. In Alabama’s First Congressional District, Republican nominee Jerry Carl defeated Democrat James Averhart. Former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) beat Democrat Phyllis Harvey-Hall […]

Former State Rep. Barry Moore received the support of over 60% of his district Tuesday night, notching a decisive win to earn a place in the U.S. House of Representatives. Once thought to have a slim chance to win the GOP primary, Moore proved Alabama political insiders wrong with an avowedly grassroots campaign in which […]

MOBILE — Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl has a new title: Congressman-elect. The Republican nominee in Alabama’s First Congressional District was leading 67 to 31 over Democrat James Averhart when the race was called by the New York Times at around 10:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday night. Carl declared victory shortly after learning of the […]

MONTGOMERY — The 2020 general election was held across the country on Tuesday, and Tommy Tuberville has defeated U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race. Tuberville, the Republican nominee, was up double digits in all publicly released independent polls in the contest. Jones, Alabama’s incumbent junior senator, outspent the challenger by a […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday morning interviewed on Talk 99.5’s “Matt & Aunie Show” minutes ahead of voting in the 2020 general election. Ivey said, “This is a huge, historic Election Day in the state of Alabama and across our nation.” “I just want to encourage everybody to go to the polls, if you haven’t […]

Montgomery Public Schools on Monday afternoon announced it would dismiss schools early on Tuesday, November 3, “to allow time” for its employees to vote. Just after noon on Monday, the school system in Alabama’s capital city posted on Facebook that its traditional middle and high schools will dismiss school at 1:00 p.m. CT on Election Day; […]

The 2020 general election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, is set to feature highly contested races across the nation, including in Alabama. The Yellowhammer State’s most anticipated contest is the U.S. Senate matchup between incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and Republican nominee Tommy Tuberville. All publicly released independent polling in the race has shown […]

The Supreme Court of Alabama on Friday issued a unanimous per curiam ruling affirming a Madison County Circuit Court decision to dismiss a much-publicized wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of an aborted embryo, known in the case as “Baby Roe.” Ryan Magers filed the lawsuit in 2018 after his then-girlfriend aborted the six-week embryo against […]

The claim: A video ad being run by U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) reelection campaign asserts that Republican U.S. senatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville “wants to eliminate the Affordable Care Act and end the protections for pre-existing medical conditions like heart disease and diabetes.” In making that claim, the ad cites Tuberville’s official campaign website. The […]

Four prominent Alabama Republicans on Friday went to bat for the Trump administration’s effort to only count legal American residents when apportioning congressional seats after the 2020 Census is over. U.S. Representatives Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) and Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) along with Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall were behind respective amicus briefs filed […]

The Republican Policy Committee, which is chaired by U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-06), on Friday released a policy brief warning of the downfalls of socialized medicine for the United States, including studies of rationed care, high wait times and denied treatment in countries with government-run healthcare. The brief advised, “As debate continues [on systemic healthcare […]

Yellowhammer News earlier this week reported on Rainbow City’s Cate McGriff, who decided to dress up as Governor Kay Ivey for Halloween. The fourth-grader went viral, and on Friday, she also went to the Capitol. Gina Maiola, Ivey’s spokesperson, on Friday afternoon informed members of the media, “Governor Ivey invited a special guest to meet […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Friday lashed out at one of Alabama’s most respected, longtime law enforcement officials. In a tweet, Jones shared a television ad that Republican U.S. Senatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville’s campaign is running. That ad features Supernumerary Sheriff Mike Hale, who served as Jefferson County’s sheriff for five terms. In the […]

Only four full days away from the November 3 general election, U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) continues to claim to be a moderate on the campaign trail. However, the data paints a much different picture. The highly respected, non-partisan data and analytics site FiveThirtyEight.com hosts a comprehensive database tracking each member of Congress’ voting history. […]

Look out for flying pigs. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, a frequent critic of President Donald J. Trump, on Thursday reacted to the morning’s quarterly GDP numbers with rare objective honesty. The newly released numbers showed that the GDP grew at an annualized rate of 33.1% in the third quarter of this year, shattering the all-time growth […]

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on Thursday formally presented its most prestigious legislative recognition, the Guardian of Small Business Award, to U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-04). NFIB Alabama State Director Rosemary Elebash presented the award to Aderholt at NorthRidge Fitness, an NFIB member business in Northport owned by Mary Cartee. The nation’s leading […]

District Attorney Jeremy Duerr of the 5th Judicial Circuit switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party at the Tallapoosa County Republican Party’s quarterly meeting in Alexander City, the ALGOP announced this week. Alabama’s 5th Judicial Circuit is comprised of Tallapoosa, Chambers, Macon and Randolph Counties. “District Attorney Duerr contacted me several months ago […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall (R-AL) is continuing his leadership in calling on Congress to regulate tech monopolies’ control over the flow of information and political discourse in America. In a tweet on Wednesday, Marshall commented on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s testimony that day to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. This comes after Twitter blocked […]

When Governor Kay Ivey in 2018 became the first Republican woman to ever be elected governor of Alabama, she took the stage to the country staple “This One’s for the Girls” ringing out in the background. However, Ivey’s status as a role model for girls across Alabama has very much been in the forefront during […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Monday evening joined his Democratic Caucus colleagues in voting against confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be the next associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. Nevertheless, Barrett was confirmed in a 52-48 vote; those in the affirmative included U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL). Praise for […]

Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senator and GOP members of the U.S. House of Representatives have each been named a 2020 “Guardian of Small Business” by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). NFIB is the nation’s largest small business association, advocating for job creators nationwide. “NFIB’s prestigious Guardian of Small Business Award is reserved for legislators […]

Polling results released by an Alabama-based, nationally respected data firm on Monday show that Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL) is uniquely popular with Republican voters in the Yellowhammer State. Cygnal, recognized as the nation’s most accurate polling firm during the 2018 midterm cycle, conducted a survey of 645 likely Alabama general election voters from October […]

Facebook recently removed an advertisement from the campaign of U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). The reason for the removal appears to be that the ad incorrectly stated the last date to return an absentee ballot in Alabama. The ad urged voters to mail their absentee ballots by November 2 or drop it off by October […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) had time to vote for himself on Friday, however, he was missing in action when it came time for the senator to represent the people of Alabama on the floor of the United States Senate the same day. Jones touted that he voted on Friday morning in the upcoming general […]