Primary Election Day in Alabama: One Senate District Race to Watch

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Primary Election Day in Alabama: One Senate District Race to Watch

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times With a soon-to-be-vacated seat in Alabama Senate District 19, two members of the state House of Representatives are fighting for the closely contested Democratic nomination in the May 24 primary. Louise “LuLu” Alexander, of Bessemer, and Merika Coleman, of Pleasant Grove, are vying for the Senate District 19 seat […]

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1965

U.W. Clemon became the first black state senator to serve in Alabama since reconstruction.

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1877

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13

1869

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16

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1962

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1961

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1965

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1967

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