Sullivan backs Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh

GOP PSC President Jim Sullivan throws his support behind former Alabama GOP Chair Twinkle Cavanaugh in the July 15 runoff elections for PSC President.

Sullivan, a Republican and longtime commission president, decided not to run for re-election this year says he is supporting Twinkle. Cavanaugh will face Matt Chancey, a 32-year-old marketing professional, in the July 15 runoff election. The Republican candidate will go on to face former Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley in the general election.

The PSC president presides over the three-member commission, which regulates Alabama Power Co. and other utilities

Prichard & Mount Vernon 2008 mayoral elections

Municipal elections are just a few months away and rumors are running high. Who has the power in 08 to become the next mayor?

Potential Candidates for the City of Prichard 2008

• Mayor Ron Davis - current mayor serving his first term most likely will seek another term.
• Howard Porter - former Chief of Staff to former Mayor Jessie Norwood
• Paul Smith - local businessman
• Charles Harden - former one term mayor

Pricahrd also could see a number of other candidates to run for mayor due to the increase in the mayoral salary to nearly $70,000 annually. There also could be a hot contested council race to here in Prichard.

Potential Candidates for the City of Mount Vernon, Alabama 2008

Mount Vernon is located in the North end of Mobile County a blooming city that is receiving the new $3 billion dollar Steel Mill. Growth, Community Development and Economic interest will be the center of this campaign.

• Mayor Cleon Bolden is not expected to run for a fourth term
• Clifford Mitchell - a local pastor
• Freeman Bolden - brother of the current mayor
• Cleophus Lyde - a businessman former candidate for Mobile City Council District 1
• more is expected to jump in

Howard Porter seems strong to pull off this race for Mayor in Prichard with all the right connections as former chief of staff for many years. Ron Davis could be forced into a runoff with Porter with former mayor Harden back in for another run. Harden is not expected to win promising lower water bills, but could finish a strong third in this race.

Other local Mobile County races

Incumbents win and prepare for the General

On Tuesday several Mobile County republican incumbents wins their primary elections against their challengers. No doubt that their challengers gave them a challenge this primary season.

Mobile County Treasurer Al Sessions won big time over his challenger Jeffery Jones a black republican from Toulminville, now Sessions will face Milton Morrow in the General Election.

Mobile County Revenue Commissioner a former democrat, won over her challenger Phil Benson now faces democrat Renae Williams in the fall.

Mobile County Commissioner District 3 Mike Dean beats his hard fault challenger John Graham on Tuesday to keep his seat, many was looking for Graham to knock Dean out, Dean proved them wrong. Dean will now face Brad Warren a democrat in November.

District 3 & 4 School Board seat for Mobile County headed for Runoffs

Battles and Perine forced leading candidates into runoffs on Tuesday.

In District 3 Fred Marshall and Reginald Crenshaw was forced into a runoff after Don Perine captured a little over 1,000 votes. Many didn't expect Perine to capture that many votes but he surprised many.

In District 4 Robert Battles lost big time to Belle and Manzie to minister, School board President Fleet Belle will face political newcomer Levon Manzie for the District 4 seat. Manzie was viewd as a big favorite to big on primary day without a runoff but however he fell short and voters prove the pundits wrong in this district.

Two qualifies for Dixon Commission Seat in Wa. County, AL.

Two has already qualified

The county's 42-member Democratic party executive committee plans to keep qualifying open until June 13, committee chairman Thomas Fuller said. On June 26, the panel will select a candidate to appear on the general election ballot in November.

Willie Dixon forced out of office last month after he pleaded guilty to corruption charges. The Saint Stephens residents who had qualified as of Wednesday evening for the Democratic slot on November's ballot were Larry Harkless, the chief of police in Millry, and Daphine Abston, a machine operator in Jackson. The committee needs a quorum of 12 members to vote for Dixon's replacement in the general election, Fuller said. The district borders the eastern edge of Washington County, running along the Tombigbee River.

My take on this is that a panel should not decided and vote to replace the county commissioner, the candidates should be put on the ballot and the people of Washington County should vote to choose whom represents them on the County Commission.

Figures and Sessions to square for US Senate

Alabama will see a female candidate and a male candidate for US Senate in November, both are from the same city

With a majority of precincts reporting in the Democratic field, state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures had captured almost two-thirds of the vote to beat retired security consultant Johnny Swanson of Birmingham and Haleyville truck driver Mark "No NCAA" Townsend. Figures had 111,864 votes, 64 percent. Johnny Swanson III ran second with 38,691 votes, or 22 percent, and Mark "No NCAA" Townsend was third with 25,014 votes, or 14 percent.

There was no contest for the republicans in this race for US Senate, Sessions walks with the full cake on Tuesday night. Sessions had 199,569 votes, or 92 percent, and retired postal worker Earl Mack Gavin tallied 16,703 votes, or 8 percent.

Figures attributed her victory to crisscrossing the state in a low-budget, grassroots campaign on her days off the Legislature this spring. "We took what we had and made what we needed," she said Tuesday night at a victory party in Mobile.

Sessions said -"I look forward to traveling to every corner of the state as we run a vigorous campaign during the general election this fall."

Man say this race has no chance to becoming democratic this fall, I think differently. We should take another look at this now that Barack Obama is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party this fall. This is a race to watch in November.