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Alabama GOP Primary

  • Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, formally endorsed Nikki Haley's presidential campaign on Tuesday, promising to commit its nationwide coalition of activists — and virtually unlimited funds — to helping Haley defeat former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary contest. Haley will be among the GOP Presidential hopefuls appearing in Tuscaloosa next Wednesday for the latest Republican Primary Debate at the University of Alabama’s Moody Music Building.
  • The Washington Post and the news website Business Insider quoted ex-RNC Executive Director Scott Reed who said the Party made a mistake by scheduling its November Presidential Primary Debate on the same night as the Country Music Awards. A couple of things will be vying for the nation’s attention when the GOP Debate takes place in Tuscaloosa.
  • Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states. Will this rhetoric come up during Tuscaloosa’s GOP debate set for December sixth.
  • The Republican Party's once-crowded 2024 presidential primary field has suddenly shrunk to just a handful of viable candidates. This group will represent the contenders assembling at the University of Alabama’s Moody Music Center on December sixth, for the next GOP debate.
  • Nikki Haley 's presidential campaign will reserve $10 million in television, radio and digital advertising across Iowa and New Hampshire beginning in the first week of December, a massive investment designed to give the former United Nations ambassador an advantage over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a critical moment in the GOP nomination fight. Both contenders are expected to participate in the next GOP debate at the Moody Music Center on the Tuscaloosa campus of the University of Alabama.
  • Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of voting in Iowa's leadoff GOP caucuses. This means a thinner collection of candidates for the upcoming GOP debate in Tuscaloosa on December sixth.
  • As the Republican presidential primary intensifies this summer, most White House hopefuls are devoting their time to events in Iowa and New Hampshire, the states that will kick off the nomination process early next year. Not Ron DeSantis or Donald Trump. The leading contenders for the GOP nod so far aren't ignoring voters in the traditional early states. But they doing more than the other GOP candidates to strengthen their position in states like Alabama.
  • Alabama’s Republican Party isn’t concerned about the technical issues that during Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ campaign announcement. The Republican lawmaker went on Twitter to say he’s running for President. DeSantis’ presentation included microphone feedback and outages that lasted about twenty minutes.
  • Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks is offering to withdraw from a GOP Senate primary if all other Republican candidates also agree to withdraw, paving the way for…