The political beacon has issued its 2008 June 3 "Primary Predictions" check them out!
This could very be the winners in some races! What you think?
Mobile County School Board District 3
Fred Marshall
Mobile County School Board District 4
Rev. Fleete Belle - Runoff
Rev. Charles Manzie - Runoff
Mobile County Treasurer
Al Sessions
Mobile License Commissioner
Kim Hastie
Mobile County Revenue Commissioner
Marlynn Woods ?
Mobile County Commissioner District 3
Mike Dean
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Election 2008 Predictions for June 3rd Primary
I will make my June 3rd Primary Elections predictions right here on the South Alabama Political Beacon on tomorrow May 15, 2008. Stay tune these predictions may be right.
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Childers wins a republican congressional district in Mississippi
Are the republicans in trouble this fall?Democrat Travis Childers won a north Mississippi congressional race Tuesday, giving Democrats their third takeover this year of House seats previously held by Republicans. Childers defeated Republican Greg Davis in a special election runoff. He will fill the last several months of a two-year term Republican Roger Wicker started in January 2007. Wicker had served in the House since 1994. Republican Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Wicker to the U.S. Senate in December after Trent Lott retired.
With 90 percent of precincts reporting, Childers had 50,401 votes, or 52.2 percent, and Davis had 46,160 votes, or 47.8 percent. Childers' victory marks the second time this month for a conservative Democrat to win a Deep South congressional seat that had been held by a Republican. In Louisiana, Democrat Don Cazayoux won a special election May 3, bolstering his party's majority on Capitol Hill by taking a seat Republicans had held since 1974.
Davis, 42, is mayor of fast-growing Southaven. He tried to cast the election in 24 counties as a referendum on the national Democratic Party by saying Childers would be beholden to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Childers, 50, is chancery clerk in northeast Mississippi's Prentiss County. He has spoken against abortion and for gun owners' rights - positions nearly identical to his opponent's. Childers said Republicans have acted as if they own the north Mississippi seat.
The question is, Is the republicans in trouble this fall? With the President at the top of the ticket, and a poor year for the economy, a war still going on, and all the news of democrats winning republican longtime seats. It makes me think that the republicans are in trouble this fall "big time".
Americans all across America is taking a deeper and further look over race, politics and party lines in this years elections. These are a few things I believe they are considering when they go to the polls to vote. They are looking at their empty pocket books, jobs, economy, rising gas prices, war in Iraq, health care and on American voters are voting for the candidate that will better provide for them with the necessities they need in life to provide for their families and themselves in a troubling time. And they are proving in the last three special elections, that Democrats are the ones that they believe can do just that. Three strong republican house districts have went democratic in the last three special congressional elections, first in Illinois, then Louisiana and now Mississippi.
I believe that American people are feeling the same all over America its time for a change. That's seems to be the message in 2008. Change!!!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Congressman Davis running for Governor?
U.S. Rep. Artur Davis , D-Birmingham, sure sounds like a guy who intends to be the next governor of Alabama. Davis has yet to announce a gubernatorial bid. But during a recent interview in his Washington office, he admitted he's thinking hard about the 2010 race.
The race was a landmark in Alabama politics because Hunt became the first Republican elected since Reconstruction. Davis would be the first African-American elected governor in Alabama.
"It's going to be a very contested race" for both parties, Davis said. "We need somebody to step forward with a vision for Alabama, and I believe I have that vision."
Davis would likely face Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom , a former governor, in a showdown for the Democratic nomination. Leading Republican candidates could include Alabama Attorney General Troy King, Tim James and Bradley Byrne , head of the state's two-year college system. Among that field, Folsom and King have the greatest name recognition statewide, and may also claim the strongest support within their respective parties. But Davis, who has positioned himself as a moderate Democrat, named Byrne as perhaps the toughest competitor.
Davis "is very bright, he works hard, and he certainly has laid the groundwork" to make a strong bid for governor, said David Lanoue, a University of Alabama political science professor. Lanoue said Davis would need a strong turnout from black voters to be successful. That means his political fate could be tied to Obama, who thumped Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Alabama Democratic primary Feb. 5.
The race was a landmark in Alabama politics because Hunt became the first Republican elected since Reconstruction. Davis would be the first African-American elected governor in Alabama.
"It's going to be a very contested race" for both parties, Davis said. "We need somebody to step forward with a vision for Alabama, and I believe I have that vision."
Davis would likely face Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom , a former governor, in a showdown for the Democratic nomination. Leading Republican candidates could include Alabama Attorney General Troy King, Tim James and Bradley Byrne , head of the state's two-year college system. Among that field, Folsom and King have the greatest name recognition statewide, and may also claim the strongest support within their respective parties. But Davis, who has positioned himself as a moderate Democrat, named Byrne as perhaps the toughest competitor.
Davis "is very bright, he works hard, and he certainly has laid the groundwork" to make a strong bid for governor, said David Lanoue, a University of Alabama political science professor. Lanoue said Davis would need a strong turnout from black voters to be successful. That means his political fate could be tied to Obama, who thumped Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Alabama Democratic primary Feb. 5.
Session still leads in money for Alabama US Senate race
Figures is raising some money, but is it enough?
State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile, ramped up her fundraising during the first quarter of this year, but remained at a stark financial disadvantage in her bid to replace incumbent U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, according to the latest disclosure reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
From the beginning of January until the end of March, Figures raised almost $108,300, or more than double her receipts for the preceding three months. She spent about $101,600, to finish with some $44,600.
But that final total was dwarfed by the approximately $4 million that remained in Sessions' campaign account by the end of last month. During the first quarter, the two-term U.S. senator brought in about $400,500 and spent some $319,300.
Other candidates for US Senate- Townsend and Gavin officially jumped into the U.S. Senate race early this month after the reporting period ended. In his report, Swanson said he raised almost $16,700 while spending about $16,200 to end the reporting period with close to $900. Senators serve six-year terms and currently make $169,300 annually.
State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile, ramped up her fundraising during the first quarter of this year, but remained at a stark financial disadvantage in her bid to replace incumbent U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, according to the latest disclosure reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
From the beginning of January until the end of March, Figures raised almost $108,300, or more than double her receipts for the preceding three months. She spent about $101,600, to finish with some $44,600.
But that final total was dwarfed by the approximately $4 million that remained in Sessions' campaign account by the end of last month. During the first quarter, the two-term U.S. senator brought in about $400,500 and spent some $319,300.
Other candidates for US Senate- Townsend and Gavin officially jumped into the U.S. Senate race early this month after the reporting period ended. In his report, Swanson said he raised almost $16,700 while spending about $16,200 to end the reporting period with close to $900. Senators serve six-year terms and currently make $169,300 annually.
Perine Announces Run for School Board
Don R. Perine, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of South Alabama, has announced his candidacy for the Mobile County school board, District 3. He is running against Reginald Crenshaw and Fred Marshall in the June 3 Democratic Primary. No Republicans are running. LaVeeshia Pittman who is running as a write-in/independent. District 3 which includes Prichard and areas north to Mount Vernon has long been represented by Hazel Fournier, who is retiring from the board.
Perine said that if elected, he would support legislation to stop paying the school board members their $12,000 annual salary. He said that he would rather give his $1,000 each month to a different school. "It is time to change the whole environment of the school board and remove the negative impression of the citizens of Mobile County that the five-member board suffers from either ignorance or apathy, that they don't know what they are doing or don't care," Perine said.
School board members serve six-year terms. One or two districts come up for re-election every two years, with voting in Districts 3 and 4 taking place this year. Concerning the system's upcoming budget reductions, Perine said he thinks the system's top administrators should take pay cuts before teachers are fired and programs are lost. Perine said he also would like to provide more stability in schools that seem to switch principals every year. Perine is a 1972 honor graduate of Satsuma High School who now lives in Eight Mile. He has a bachelor's degree from Dillard University in New Orleans, a master's degree in chemistry from The Ohio State University, a master's degree in business administration from the University of South Alabama and a doctorate in chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University.
Perine said that if elected, he would support legislation to stop paying the school board members their $12,000 annual salary. He said that he would rather give his $1,000 each month to a different school. "It is time to change the whole environment of the school board and remove the negative impression of the citizens of Mobile County that the five-member board suffers from either ignorance or apathy, that they don't know what they are doing or don't care," Perine said.
School board members serve six-year terms. One or two districts come up for re-election every two years, with voting in Districts 3 and 4 taking place this year. Concerning the system's upcoming budget reductions, Perine said he thinks the system's top administrators should take pay cuts before teachers are fired and programs are lost. Perine said he also would like to provide more stability in schools that seem to switch principals every year. Perine is a 1972 honor graduate of Satsuma High School who now lives in Eight Mile. He has a bachelor's degree from Dillard University in New Orleans, a master's degree in chemistry from The Ohio State University, a master's degree in business administration from the University of South Alabama and a doctorate in chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University.
Alabama Graduation Rules Changes
Alabama students automatically will be placed on a more rigorous graduation track when they enter high school under a plan the state Board of Education approved Thursday. But the plan also helps struggling students earn diplomas by relaxing exit exam requirements for those who follow the less rigorous credit-based graduation track.
"We want to have the best-prepared high school graduates in America," state school Superintendent Joe Morton said, "and graduate everyone."
Now, students on the credit-based track must pass only three sections of the state's graduation exam to earn a diploma, instead of all five. Under the changes, the 8 percent of students who don't pass all sections of the exit exam must pass only three in order to earn a diploma. Two of those three sections must be reading and math. Under the old standards, students who passed all their course work but didn't pass every section of the exam received certificates of attendance. Only students who receive diplomas are counted as graduates. For 12 years, the advanced-diploma track has been an opt-in program, he said. Now, incoming freshmen by default will be put on the advanced track, also called the college track, which includes two years of a foreign language and more rigorous math classes.
"We want to have the best-prepared high school graduates in America," state school Superintendent Joe Morton said, "and graduate everyone."
Now, students on the credit-based track must pass only three sections of the state's graduation exam to earn a diploma, instead of all five. Under the changes, the 8 percent of students who don't pass all sections of the exit exam must pass only three in order to earn a diploma. Two of those three sections must be reading and math. Under the old standards, students who passed all their course work but didn't pass every section of the exam received certificates of attendance. Only students who receive diplomas are counted as graduates. For 12 years, the advanced-diploma track has been an opt-in program, he said. Now, incoming freshmen by default will be put on the advanced track, also called the college track, which includes two years of a foreign language and more rigorous math classes.
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