By Alabama Public Radio
Montgomery, AL – State Representative Bobby Singleton has won the Democratic primary runoff for Alabama Senate District 24. In complete but unofficial returns, Singleton received about 52 percent of the vote, while Demopolis City Councilman Thomas Moore received about 47 percent. Singleton now advances to the general election on January 25. He'll face Republican James Carter of Boligee. Carter is a former chairman of the Greene County Commission. The race is to replace state Senator Charles Steele. The Tuscaloosa Democrat resigned in August to devote more time to his new job as national vice-president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Steele has since been promoted to president of the civil rights organization. Meanwhile, Pebblin Warren led a six-way Democratic primary fight for a vacant seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. But the administrator with the Alabama Deaprtment of Postsecondary Education fell short of avoiding a runoff with Tuskegee attorney Katy Smith Campbell. In complete but unofficial returns from Tuesday night in the House District 82 race show that Warren polled 46 percent of the vote, while Campbell received almost 15 percent. George Ervin was close in third with about 14 percent of the vote. That runoff will also be held January 25. The winner will face Republican Lacy Ward in the March 8 general election. Ward is a doctoral student at Tuskegee University. Out of the other six candidates running Tuesday, Frank Lee polled almost 14 percent of the vote; Omar Neal received about five percent; and Carnell Tatum six percent. The House District covers all of Macon and Bullock Counties and part of Lee County. It became vacant in October when Representative Johnny Ford resigned to become mayor of Tuskegee.