Circuit Court Judge, 10th Circuit Place 5 – Criminal court in Bessemer Division Party: Democratic Residence: Pleasant Grove Political experience: Unsuccessfully ran for district judge in 2006, district attorney in 2016, deputy district attorney, 2022. Professional experience: Lawyer in private practice; former corrections officer, 1989-1992. Education: Bachelor’ in psychology; jurist doctorate from Birmingham School of Law in 1990.
Circuit Court Judge, 10th Circuit Place 5 – Criminal court in Bessemer Division Party: Democrat Residence: Bessemer Political experience: Jefferson County Circuit Court judge, 2001-present; formerly presiding judge. Professional experience: Attorney, The Carpenter Law Office, 2003-2012. Education: Master of laws, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law,1995; juris doctorate, Mississippi College School of Law, 1994; philosophy and
One of the two Republican candidates for Alabama’s 7th Congressional District recently announced his withdrawal from the race. Huntsville native Christian Horn made the announcement recently on his radio show, The Sportz Church, on 103.9 FM The Ump. Horn’s name will be on Tuesday’s ballot because of the timing of the announcement, but his withdrawal
U.S. Congress, 7th Congressional District Chris Davis Party: Democratic Age: 50 Residence: Smithfield Political experience: Has worked for elected officials and political candidates; member of Congressional Black Caucus Leadership Class, 2007. Professional experience: Field director for Montgomery County, Maryland, County Executive Steve Silverman, 2004; office of Rep. Elijah Cummings, Baltimore, and Capitol Hill staff, 2005-2007;
As a 15-year-old student at Birmingham’s Huffman High School, Chris Davis wanted to be Arsenio Hall. He could envision himself sitting on a couch on television and conversing with various personalities. “I remember … thinking that it would be really great to have a late-night talk show where you could have bands and politicians and business people, whomever you thought was cool, come sit on your couch.” Three and a half decades later, Davis hopes to be someone who would be a guest on a late-night talk show, not to mention Meet the Press. Read more.
U.S. Congress, 7th Congressional District Terri A. Sewell Party: Democratic Age: 59 Residence: Birmingham Political experience: Currently in her seventh term serving as U.S. Representative for Alabama’s 7th District. First elected in November 2010. Professional experience: Law partner, Maynard Cooper & Gale in Birmingham, 2005-2011; Law associate/partner, Davis Polk and Wardwell, New York City & London,
Terri Sewell said she could do better for herself, if doing for herself were her focus. The seven-term incumbent congresswoman says she has a seat at the table because the people back home have entrusted her to fight for them. “That has always been my hallmark,” Sewell said. “You’ll notice I didn’t run for Senate. I didn’t accept any position in the cabinet. My job is to focus in and work hard and uphold the promises that I’ve made to Alabama’s 7th Congressional District.” The congresswoman said her mission is clear; her aim is improving the lot of the people she represents. Read more.
Voters heading to the polls Tuesday will see a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. Amendment 1 would remove a procedural step when considering local legislation. Under a 1984 constitutional amendment, lawmakers are supposed to finalize the budget prior to handling any other bills. This was intended to stop major budget changes from happening at
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution urging Truist Bank to reconsider plans to close its Roebuck branch in March. “A great deal of residents in that area benefit from that branch, rely on that branch and would be negatively impacted if that branch were to close,” said Councilor Clinton Woods, adding that investments are going into the immediate area. Read more.
“Central City’s Joy and Pain: Solidarity, Survival, and Soul in a Birmingham Housing Project”: (University of Georgia Press, 2024) by Jerome E. Morris. Jerome Morris has written a book about home. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s in the Central City housing project on the northeast edge of downtown Birmingham, Morris came of age in a community that could be by turns brutal and nurturing. It was, he writes, a place of “Block parties, freeze cups, shooting marbles … kissing in the hallways, fighting, borrowing butter and eggs, Powell School, my mama, five older brothers and a younger sister, the free summer lunch program, the Double Dutch Bus, Mr. Hook’s store, the Electric Poppers and the CC Poppers, free school breakfast and lunch, due bills, and the music of Frankie Beverly and Maze.” Central City was a world of extremes — a world where many men were in prison, out of prison, or on the road to prison. But also it was a world where older people mentored and watched protectively over young people. Read more.
