It seems that unless the offices of governor or president are on the ballot, most people tend to stay home on Primary Day. Eight Democratic groups in the greater Birmingham metro area are hoping to make people aware of the options that will be on the ballot come June 3 and to convince them to come out and vote, most notably for them in the race for the Senate seat currently occupied by Jeff Sessions. They will be hosting a Democratic Candidate Primary Forum at the Homewood Library next Tuesday, May 20 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
We’ll be updating the destinations calendar later on today with more details (though that link to the OTM Democrats should provide enough info to get you started).
While folks will no doubt spend the evening waiting to find out if their candidate has gained more electoral delegates in the closest this country has ever come to a national primary, we can go to bed knowing the outcome of at least one race in metro Birmingham.
UPDATED: These are the results as of 9:51 p.m.:
| Kamau Afrika | 1,195 | 3.84 |
| William Bell | 17,373 | 55.82 |
| George “General” Bowman | 4,882 | 15.69 |
| Orville Ifill | 1,357 | 4.36 |
| Eric Major | 3,176 | 10.20 |
| Fred “Coach” Plump | 3,139 | 10.09 |
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Tagged District 1, Election 2008, election results, Jefferson County Commission, William Bell
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A large crowd gathered on the campus of Miles College to hear a speech from former President Bill Clinton earlier this afternoon. It was one of two public appearances that Clinton made in support of his wife’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, appearance, Bill Clinton, Birmingham, campaigning, Election '08, Election 2008, Fairfield, President, presidential campaign, presidential race
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More than 800 people showed up for Sen. John McCain’s appearance at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Birmingham on Saturday afternoon. He was introduced by his wife and U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus.
After speaking for about 30 minutes, he greeted his supporters before addressing the media directly in a series of one on-ones.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, B'ham, Birmingham, downtown, Election '08, Election 2008, John McCain, presidential campaign, stumping
Portico. Burton24/Flickr
And the candidates just keep on coming… In this special Friday before Election Day edition of last car, some info that you might be interested in…
Mitt Romney’s joined the candidate parade into Birmingham by announcing a visit on Monday. Hillary’s sending in her husband, the former president himself, tomorrow to Miles College’s campus beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Let’s hope that our Bill sees his shadow tomorrow…
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Tagged Alabama, appearance, Bill Clinton, Birmingham, Election '08, Election 2008, election day, Mitt Romney
Dawn Smalls, Reginal Political Director of the Clinton campaign, middle, and Maurice Mercer, right, talk about handing out signs and buttons. Another volunteer, Ralph Grady, left, was also there helping out. Bob Farley/f8Photo
Hillary Clinton recently opened a Birmingham campaign headquarters at 1614 3rd Avenue North in advance of the Democratic primaries being held on February 5 in 22 states.
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