Shelby resident and local journalist Donald Mottern has officially announced his candidacy for the Alabama State Senate ...

Nearly two dozen incumbent members of Congress are not seeking reelection, with many choosing instead to run for governor in their respective states.

The Supreme Court is putting off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new ...

Courts have recognized a “private right of action” in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception. In 1966, a dispute ...

Rep. Matt Woods, R-Jasper, won the June 24, 2025, special election to fill the Senate District 5 seat. “We were outnumbered ...

District 13 Alabama House Rep. Matt Woods is moving into the Alabama Senate, as the Republican easily beat Democratic ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVA) — Matt Woods won Tuesday’s election for Alabama Senate District 5. The Republican won 86% of the vote ...

Alabamians in Lamar, Fayette, Walker and portions of Tuscaloosa and Jefferson counties are heading to the polls Tuesday, June 24, for the Alabama Senate District 5 special election.

Updated: May 28, 2025 / 09:18 PM CDT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville says he is running for governor, meaning there will be a reshuffling of the state political map.

A federal court Thursday ruled that the Alabama Legislature intentionally discriminated against Black voters in approving a congressional district map in 2023 that would only have had one majority ...

Doug Jones won a special election there in 2017, even though Democrats hadn’t won a Senate race in the Yellowhammer State in 25 years, not since Richard Shelby won reelection as a Democrat in 1992.

Gudger’s election is all but certain, as Republicans hold 26 of the 34 seats currently occupied in the chamber. Senate District 5 extends west from the Mississippi border through north central ...