Alabama Republicans

A court-appointed special master submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama as federal judges oversee the drawing of new lines to provide greater representation for Black voters. The results reflected the views of political observers APR listeners heard from yesterday.

The Supreme Court's decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activist a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections to have congressional maps redrawn in a handful of states. It's been more than three months since the justice's 5-4 ruling, and political maps in Alabama, Louisiana and elsewhere that could produce more U.S. House districts represented by Black lawmakers still don't exist.

Alabama Republican lawmakers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional lines in place as the state continues to fight a court order to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it. Former Attorney General Eric Holder is asking the high court to do the opposite.

Former Vice President Mike Pence made headlines with his reported testimony before a federal grand jury investigating the January sixth attack on the Capitol. Students at the University of Alabama got the chance to see Presidential politics in action when Pence spoke on campus last month.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jack Edwards of Alabama has died at age 91.His family said through a spokesman that Edwards died Friday morning…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has clapped back at an Alabama Republican Party resolution urging that she be expelled from Congress.The…

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Republican Party is against a proposal to replace the state's elected school board with one appointed by the governor.The…

Alabama's Republican chairman is worried that his party's primary election won't be a real GOP event because of Democratic intruders.Chairman Bill…

Gov. Robert Bentley has announced he will seek a second term. The 70-year-old Republican governor put to rest Tuesday any speculation about his future…

The Alabama Republican Party has re-elected party Chairman Bill Armistead despite a campaign by the governor and other top Republicans to oust him.The…