On the Campaign Trail
September 14, 2018
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox will crank up a statewide bus tour next week as the campaign for governor enters its final seven weeks. The Maddox campaign announced today it would begin the tour Monday morning in Tuscaloosa. The campaign has not yet released a schedule or details. Continue reading on AL.com.
September 8, 2018
LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. — Limestone Sheriff Mike Blakely hosted what he calls an ‘old-fashioned political’ rally Saturday. Candidates from several state races spoke at the event. People from both sides of the aisle came to speak including Democratic gubernatorial candidate Walt Maddox. There are less than two months left until the November election. And candidates are hard at work on the campaign trail. Walt Maddox says he wants to talk to as many Alabamians as […]
September 6, 2018
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Walt Maddox slammed Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday during a speech to the Birmingham Rotaract Club, claiming the governor’s campaign lacks substance and is focusing on issues that don’t affect the state. “On one hand … you can see that we have released content and complex policies about the challenges facing Alabama. On the other hand, my opponent has talked about Judge Kavanaugh – by the way, I don’t think the governor […]
September 5, 2018
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox raked in $338,000 in campaign contributions in August, bringing the total for his campaign for governor to $1.7 million since he started raising money last year. The Maddox campaign reported almost 800 individual contributions for the month, campaign communications director Chip Hill said. “People across the state are picking up on the energy and excitement of the Maddox campaign and choosing to invest in new leadership in Alabama,” Hill said in […]
August 27, 2018
The Alabama College Democrats hosted a night of dinner, conversation and energizing, pro-public service addresses delivered by multiple Democratic candidates and guests on Saturday. The ACD Kennedy-King Dinner was held at the Capital City Club and featured a multitude of candidates that evening, which included: Dr. Will Boyd, the Democratic lieutenant governor nominee; Cara McClure, Public Service Commission Place 1 candidate; Kari Powell, Public Service Commission Place 2 candidate; Heather Milam, Democratic Secretary of State […]
August 21, 2018
Two high-profile political figures in the state of Alabama appeared at the opening of the African-American Episcopal Church Conference on Tuesday at Historic Brown Chapel AME Church. Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, the Democrat nominee for Governor both spoke at the AME conference that featured 29 AME congregations and pastors in the Alabama River Region. Maddox’s speech began with a story from his grandmother about the similarities a politician and […]