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'The biggest battleground': Republicans hit the panic button in deep-red Alabama
(Andi Rice for Alabama Reflector)
Alabama Republicans Aren’t Losing Control. They’re Losing the Luxury of Apathy.
The Panic of the Powerful
Alabama Republicans control the state government, hold a legislative supermajority, and have not lost a governor’s race since 1998. Yet weak Republican primary turnout and increased Democratic participation have party candidates openly nervous about November. That anxiety is especially sharp in the 2nd Congressional District, where Republicans redrew the seat earlier this year to favor their party but election analysts subsequently moved the contest from…
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