Alabama & National Elections

Latest Stories
  • Six candidates face off in special Prichard City Council election to fill Earline Martin-Harris' vacated seat
    Six candidates face off in special Prichard City Council election to fill Earline Martin-Harris' vacated seat
    • +
    • moments ago
  • Bessemer Mayor Gulley faces two challengers, seeks second term, in municipal election Tuesday
    Bessemer Mayor Gulley faces two challengers, seeks second term, in municipal election Tuesday
    • +
    • 4 hours ago
  • Is President Obama a sociopath? The Alabama Republican state chairman is asking this
    Is President Obama a sociopath? The Alabama Republican state chairman is asking this
    • +
    • 4 hours ago
  • Bessemer mayoral candidate Anthony Underwood says crime, schools, jobs among key concerns
    Bessemer mayoral candidate Anthony Underwood says crime, schools, jobs among key concerns
    • +
    • 6 hours ago
  • Feels like summer is over and the fall campaign season is here
    Feels like summer is over and the fall campaign season is here
    • +
    • 10 hours ago
  • Jim Bennett says he'll seek clearer ethics law after Louise Alexander prevails in ballot dispute
    Jim Bennett says he'll seek clearer ethics law after Louise Alexander prevails in ballot dispute
    • +
    • 2 days ago
  • Dems could point to Ferguson racial unrest as message in 2014 elections, top Alabama Democrat tells DNC in Atlanta
    Dems could point to Ferguson racial unrest as message in 2014 elections, top Alabama Democrat tells DNC in Atlanta
    • +
    • 2 days ago
  • Griffith challenges Bentley to stop 'ducking' debates
    Griffith challenges Bentley to stop 'ducking' debates
    • +
    • 3 days ago
  • Meet the District 4 candidates in Tuesday's election for Huntsville City Council
    Meet the District 4 candidates in Tuesday's election for Huntsville City Council
    • +
    • 3 days ago
  • Anson Knowles asks AG Luther Strange to determine if Huntsville school board a 'tainted establishment'
    Anson Knowles asks AG Luther Strange to determine if Huntsville school board a 'tainted establishment'
    • +
    • 3 days ago
  • Gov. Robert Bentley on facing off with Parker Griffith: 'I'm a doer, not a debater'
    Gov. Robert Bentley on facing off with Parker Griffith: 'I'm a doer, not a debater'
    • +
    • 3 days ago
  • Senate leader Harry Reid apologizes to Asians for offensive remark; video supplied by PAC familiar to Alabama
    Senate leader Harry Reid apologizes to Asians for offensive remark; video supplied by PAC familiar to Alabama
    • +
    • 3 days ago
  • Meet the 5 candidates vying for District 3 seat on Huntsville school board
    Meet the 5 candidates vying for District 3 seat on Huntsville school board
    • +
    • 3 days ago
  • Meet the candidates seeking the District 4 seat on the Huntsville school board
    Meet the candidates seeking the District 4 seat on the Huntsville school board
    • +
    • 3 days ago
  • Meet the District 2 candidates in Tuesday's election for Huntsville school board
    Meet the District 2 candidates in Tuesday's election for Huntsville school board
    • +
    • 3 days ago
Load more

More in Politics Alabama politics

Senate candidate uses image of journalist's killer in campaign ad
  • Alabama Attorney General's office drops criminal charges against Lowell Barron
  • House Minority Leader Craig Ford wants officials to sign pledge to keep two state budgets...
  • House to spend at least $350,000 on suit against President Obama

More in News Alabama real-time news

Too much? Half of the Montevallo City Council is employed by the university
  • New north Huntsville police precinct building opens for business
  • Dangerous rip currents through the night along the Gulf Coast
  • Cristobal becomes third hurricane of 2014 in the Atlantic

More in Opinion Alabama opinion

Bless your heart if you've never had Lane Cake. My recipe and my take: reader opinion
  • Who would profit from a domed stadium?: reader opinion
  • Why did Alabama pay a law firm $72,000 to determine median household income? Let me Google...
  • Bless its heart, Slate Magazine thinks our state's dessert is a Lane Cake: opinion

Best of AL.com

How "Orange is the New Black" keeps it real
1,000 pound gator could make 'shoes for a family ...
Sidewalk Film Festival announces winners