Tag: 2024 Elections

Palmer, Sewell Win Nominations to Congress; Complete Results in Both Primaries

Virginia Martin,

U.S. Reps. Gary Palmer and Terri Sewell waltzed onto their parties’ general election ballots without a stumble in Tuesday’s primaries, defeating challengers who had emerged against the incumbents.

Sewell won the Democratic nomination to return to the seat representing District 7 in the U.S. House of Representatives with 92.54% of the vote; Palmer snared the Republican nomination to the District 6 seat with 83.24% of the vote. Both will be on the general election ballot in November.

Also in Tuesday’s voting, Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart won handily her party’s nomination to return to the court, and It appears Amendment 1 has died. The measure, which proposed to streamline voting on local legislation, failed by 18,631 votes. Read more.

See results in both primaries:

Election Results in the Jefferson County Democratic Primary

Election Results in the Jefferson County Republican Primary

Read the full BirminghamWatch Voter Guide

Polling Hours Extended at Brighton After Ballot Glitch

BirminghamWatch,

Poll hours have been extended to 9:30 p.m. at the Brighton Community Center, Precinct 2150. The correct ballots were not available when the precinct opened at 7 a.m., leaving voters who showed up early unable to cast a ballot, according to a press release from Jefferson County. The Brighton precinct will stay open later tonight to allow voters time to return and cast their ballots.

  Education

  About News

  • Did a reporter really ask that question?

    It’s about five hours after a cargo ship hit the Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing it and sending six construction workers on the bridge into the water. The city’s mayor is holding a press conference when a reporter asks him: “How long is it going to take to rebuild the bridge?”

    Calmly and immediately, the mayor responds: “We shouldn’t even be having that discussion right now. The discussion right now should be about the people, the souls, the lives that we’re trying to save. There will be a time to discuss about a bridge and how we get our bridge back up but right now there are people in the water that we have to get out.”

    On social media, the mayor got mostly applause. The reporter got mostly ripped apart. One X poster wrote: “Shoutout to our mayor Brandon Scott for focusing on the people and showcasing empathy, because the nerve of that reporter to ask about the bridge repair. Like, sir read the (expletive) room.”

    I understand why many people saw the reporter’s question as disrespectful to the victims. But I don’t have a problem with it. How about you? Read more.

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  Birmingham Southern College

  • Neighbors Worry About Future of BSC Land as Officials Discuss Redevelopment Options

    The mood was somber in the auditorium at A.H. Parker High School Monday night as neighbors of Birmingham-Southern College expressed their concern about the announced closing of the liberal arts college as of May 21.

    State Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, hosted a town hall to field questions about the school. Of particular concern was what will happen to the 192-acre campus. More than one compared BSC to the old Carraway Hospital property, which deteriorated for years north of downtown. Read more.