Alabama elects its state judges in partisan elections. This year, five seats on the Alabama Supreme Court are open. Only one Democrat is running for any of the five numbered seats. Because ballot access is so difficult, no minor parties are on the ballot, and the petition deadline for new parties was March 13. Unless the pending ballot access lawsuit filed by the Constitution, Green and Libertarian Parties wins, Alabama voters will have only one candidate on the November ballot for four of the statewide partisan judicial races.
Roy Moore appears to have won the Republican primary for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, with no need for a runoff primary. This was a surprise, because he had been outspent by his two Republican opponents. He had been Chief Justice previously, but had been impeached in 2003 because he refused to obey a federal court order to remove a massive monument to the Ten Commandments. He had then flirted with the idea of seeking the Constitution Party’s presidential nomination, but never did so. See this story about Moore. It was written before the primary. Moore has promised in this campaign that he will not seek to restore the Ten Commandments monument in the State Supreme Court building. See this story about Moore’s victory in the primary.
Where is the New Age Gen. Sherman to liberate the People of AL from its tyrant regime ???
Roy Moore was the only real Constitutionalist Republican in Alabama running Tuesday. I proudly cast my vote for him and was pleasantly suprised that he appears to have won the nomination without a runoff. Bearing some unexpected event in the General Election, he should take his old office back in January 2013.
I find it strange the so-called expert secular news commentators had little to say about Roy Moore’s feat, but were stumbling over themselves reporting on the GOP presidential contenders. It’s as if Moore’s achievement on Tuesday was a bad nightmare for them and they wanted to pretend it hadn’t happened.
Going to be an interesting 4 years in Alabama politics.
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