The Republican primary for a newly drawn South Alabama congressional seat will pit two incumbents against one another. It's rare scenario unseen in Alabama since 1962.
Frank Boykin represented the 1st Congressional District from 1935 to 1963. He lost Alabama's 9/8 election in 1962, finishing last in a free-for-all contest pitting all of Alabama's congressmen against each other. The last place finisher would no longer have a congressional seat after the state lost a seat due to redistricting.
Moore, a Republican who serves the 2nd congressional district – which was redrawn and now favors a Democratic candidate – announced Monday he will compete against Carl, the Republican 1st congressional district congressmen. “Across the state of Alabama, this will be the race to watch,” said Alabama State GOP chairman John Wahl. “It’s a clash of the titans.”
But Club’s sometimes over-the-top advertisement during past primary and general elections in Alabama rubbed some voters the wrong way, according to other political observers. “I think this will be a top race for some national groups,” Horn said. “But what we have found over and over in Alabama, specifically, is when national groups north of the Mason-Dixon try to get involved in races, it very rarely works out for those groups.”Gray said it will be interesting to see how fundraising materializes. He noted that Carl’s campaign has accumulated debt, while Moore remains competitive with fundraising.ending on Sept.
. The rally has long been recognized as one of Trump’s first large stadium-style rallies that became a hallmark of his successful run for the White House in 2016. Moore, at the time, was a member of the Alabama State House. Media accounts later said thatMoore also recognized how the redrawn district has become one of the most conservative in the nation, adding that “we deserve an effective representative in Congress who is equally as conservative.
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