MOBILE  — Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions conceded with grace to newly crowned Republican senatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday night. Sessions immediately threw his support behind his former opponent and called on his supporters to focus on beating U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) in November. In his concession speech on Tuesday, there was […]

MOBILE — Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl defeated former State Senator Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) on Tuesday night to clinch the Republican nomination in Alabama’s First Congressional District. The district, which occupies all of Alabama’s coastal southwest corner, was decided by Carl’s large margin in Mobile County, where he bested Hightower by around 5,000 votes. The […]

MONTGOMERY — Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday won Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senate primary runoff and will face U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) in November. Tuberville defeated former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to claim the GOP nomination. President Donald Trump had backed Tuberville in the race, strongly criticizing Sessions along […]

The state of Alabama is voting Tuesday, July 14. Follow along for live coverage throughout the evening regarding the Republican primary runoff contests for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House in AL-01 and AL-02, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and more. Polls close at 7:00 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Monday evening held a telephone town hall with former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville ahead of Alabama’s primary runoff Election Day on Tuesday. Trump has endorsed Tuberville in the Republican U.S. Senate runoff against former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions was Trump’s first attorney general after being an […]

In the waning days of the campaign, Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl has added the endorsements of four prominent elected officials in the southwest Alabama congressional district he seeks to represent. State Reps. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger’s Island) and Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) threw their support behind Carl last week, followed by Daphne Mayor Dane Haygood and […]

The two candidates in Alabama’s other statewide race, a seat on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, are making their cases to Alabama Republicans ahead of Tuesday’s primary runoff election. Judge Beth Kellum, the incumbent in the race, is asking voters for a third term after first being elected in 2008. She is stressing her […]

Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL) on Friday endorsed former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate. Ainsworth made the endorsement in a press release, citing Tuberville’s outsider status, support for President Donald Trump and conservative beliefs. “I know Coach Tuberville is a deeply committed Christian conservative […]

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) on Wednesday was featured in a report about members of Congress using campaign funds at high-end private social clubs. Sewell, the only Democrat in Alabama’s U.S. House delegation, is currently the chief deputy majority whip. Campaigns are allowed to spend their monies on fundraisers and other campaign-related meals, which Sewell […]

U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) has chosen her preferred replacement to represent Alabama’s Second Congressional District, and it is Dothan businessman Jeff Coleman. “I fully support Jeff Coleman to be our next Congressman. Jeff Coleman is a businessman who supports cutting government regulation and lowering taxes to help grow a strong economy. Jeff strongly supports […]

Both candidates seeking the Republican nomination in Alabama’s Second Congressional District took the stage Tuesday night for a debate in which they defended themselves from pointed questions about inglorious incidents in their past and made their case to voters with six days until the election. Dothan businessman Jeff Coleman and former State Representative Barry Moore […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that she is going to spend $18.27 million of federal relief money on coronavirus testing for employees and residents of nursing home facilities in the state. Ivey said in a statement that some of Alabama’s harshest COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred “within nursing homes and we must do everything possible […]

PIKE ROAD — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday attacked his opponent for connections to a failed hedge fund and made the case that he was the right choice for Alabama Republicans in next week’s primary runoff. Sessions’ remarks came during a campaign appearance at SweetCreek Farm Market in Pike Road, a suburb to […]

The latest fundraising reports have been filed in the respective Republican primary runoffs for the U.S. House of Representatives in Alabama’s First Congressional District and Second Congressional District. Covering April 1 to June 24, the pre-runoff reports were due by Thursday, July 2 — 12 days ahead of the July 14 election. Reports filed with […]

The latest fundraising reports have been filed in Alabama’s Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate. Covering April 1 to June 24, the pre-runoff reports were due by Thursday, July 2 — 12 days ahead of the July 14 election. Respective reports filed with the FEC show that former Auburn University head football coach Tommy […]

Count Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) as a steadfast supporter of Mount Rushmore. Ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned Friday trip to the national memorial in South Dakota for a pre-Independence Day fireworks show and patriotic tribute, Brooks released a statement emphasizing his cosponsorship of H.R. 7358. This bill, known as the Mount Rushmore Protection Act, was […]

Senior campaign adviser Lara Trump has rebutted reporting from CNN that the president’s reelection campaign canceled a July 11 rally in Mobile, Alabama. Trump — who is married to the president’s son, Eric — told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum this week that the rally was never finalized. Rumors had been swirling in previous weeks that President […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday evening moved to block an appointee of former President Barack Obama from making last-minute changes to Alabama election laws ahead of the state’s July 14 primary runoff. As previously reported by Yellowhammer News, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Abdul K. Kallon issued a memorandum […]

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville’s campaign bus caught fire on an interstate in Northeast Alabama on Wednesday. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office at 8:26 p.m. posted two pictures of the bus ablaze at the 227-mile marker of I-59 northbound. Tuberville was not aboard the vehicle at the time. The only occupant, a volunteer […]

In a 5-4 decision handed down Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law requiring all abortion providers in the state to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Many of Alabama’s Republican elected officials responded with various forms of disappointment about the ruling. U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Saks) said he was very […]

The National Association for Gun Rights’ (NAGR) political arm on Tuesday announced its endorsement of former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s July 14 Republican primary runoff election. NAGR-PAC is a political action committee of the National Association of Gun Rights, which is America’s second-largest pro-Second Amendment organization with 4.5 million members […]

Shelby County Sheriff John Samaniego on Monday announced his endorsement of Russell Bedsole in the special election for Alabama House of Representatives District 49. A longtime public servant, Bedsole has 21 years of experience with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. “As a longtime member of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Bedsole knows firsthand how crucial […]

At least for now, a controversial federal court opinion issued last week will hold regarding Alabama’s voting process for the upcoming July 14 primary runoff election. As previously reported by Yellowhammer News, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Abdul K. Kallon issued a memorandum opinion striking down certain absentee balloting requirements […]

Dothan Mayor Mark Saliba endorsed businessman Jeff Coleman’s campaign for Congress on Tuesday. The Circle City mayor is the most high-profile in a string of endorsements received by the Coleman campaign in recent days. In a statement provided by the campaign announcing the endorsement, Saliba called Coleman “a community leader, successful businessman, father, and husband,” […]