Opinion Do political conventions help swing a state toward their party? John Tures Updated Aug 2, 2025 When I was a college student, I remember being invited to both the 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York City, and the 1992 Republic…
News Featured County Republicans to attend national convention By MELODY RATHEL Multimedia Reporter Melody Rathel Updated Aug 3, 2025 Three members of the Tallapoosa County Republican Party are heading to Milwaukee this summer.
Dadeville What you should know about primaries By Virginia Spears Feb 19, 2012 The Democratic and Republican primaries, along with the presidential preference ballot, are set for March 13, according to Probate Judge Glori…
Archives Obama, Clinton make N.Y. appearance By Staff Reports Jul 9, 2008 Liz Sidoti/Associated Press
Archives Obama beats Clinton in Mississippi By Staff Reports Mar 10, 2008 JACKSON, Miss. – Barack Obama coasted to victory in Mississippi’s Democratic primary Tuesday, latest in a string of racially polarized preside…
Archives Radney running for delegate’s post By Staff Reports Oct 29, 2007 Alexander City attorney and former senator Tom Radney has traveled all over the country as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Archives Clinton to speak to black Alabama Democrats By Staff Reports Oct 2, 2007 MONTGOMERY (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has agreed to speak to the Alabama Democratic Conference on the same day t…
Archives Political conventions are not what they used to be By Staff Reports Aug 1, 2004 MONTGOMERY – Old timers like me are frequently wanting to say that nothing is good as it used to be….be it cars, movies, music, what-have-you …
Archives Advent of TV was death of wonderful, raucous party conventions By Staff Reports Jul 28, 2004 The Democrats are in Boston, following the carefully drawn script of their quadrennial convention. As carefully planned as have been all the p…
Archives Local Dems happy with convetion By Staff Reports Jul 29, 2004 The last president to win the state of Alabama was Jimmy Carter, and even though local Democratic leaders don’t expect that to change in Novem…
