TEAM COVERAGE: Breaking down results of Alabama's primary

Ajouté : 2026-05-20

[00:00:06]WVTM 13 NEWS STARTS NOW.

[00:00:08]ALL EYES ON ALABAMA TONIGHT, WITH BALLOTS BEING COUNTED IN THE STATE’S PRIMARY ELECTION.

[00:00:12]THANKS FOR JOINING US AT TEN.

[00:00:15]I’M GUY RAWLINGS AND I’M CARLA WADE.

[00:00:17]OUR TEAM IS ALL ACROSS OUR AREA COVERING SOME OF THE KEY RACES THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR EYES ON LATER THIS YEAR IN NOVEMBER.

[00:00:24]THOSE RESULTS ARE STILL COMING IN TONIGHT FROM THE ELECTION, BUT WE WANT TO GET RIGHT TO WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.

[00:00:30]ONE OF THE BIGGEST RACES TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR ALABAMA’S NEXT GOVERNOR.

[00:00:34]HERE ARE THE RESULTS IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY THIS EVENING.

[00:00:37]SITTING SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE GETTING THIS RACE CALLED EARLY IN HIS FAVOR.

[00:00:42]AND THE RESULTS FOR THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARY IS GOING TO FORMER SENATOR DOUG JONES SETTING UP A REMATCH BETWEEN THE TWO FROM BACK IN 2020.

[00:00:51]OUR TEAM FOLLOWING THIS RACE VERY CLOSELY.

[00:00:54]WE START OFF TONIGHT WITH WVTM 13 MICHAEL HIGDON, LIVE AT VULCAN WITH SENATOR TUBERVILLE’S CAMPAIGN.

[00:00:59]AND MICHAEL, WE’VE HEARD FROM HIM EARLIER TONIGHT.

[00:01:03]AND WHAT ARE FOLKS THERE SAYING?

[00:01:04]YEAH, IT WAS A LOT.

[00:01:05]YEAH.

[00:01:05]FOLKS REALLY ENCOURAGED HERE AT THE PARTY HERE TONIGHT WITH HIS CLEAR WIN FOR THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

[00:01:12]I CAN TELL YOU THE PARTY ITSELF OFFICIALLY WRAPPED UP.

[00:01:15]FOLKS ARE STARTING TO BREAK DOWN EVERYTHING HERE AT VULCAN.

[00:01:18]BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT SENATOR TUBERVILLE IS VERY LOOKING FORWARD TO NOVEMBER.

[00:01:22]HE SAYS HE HASN’T SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE IN ALABAMA AS MUCH AS HE WOULD LIKE.

[00:01:26]HE SAYS, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE HE’S BEEN IN D.C. DOING HIS ROLE AS SENATOR.

[00:01:30]BUT HE SAYS OVER THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE 4 TO 5 MONTHS, THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE.

[00:01:35]HE SAYS HE WANTS TO HEAR FROM THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THE TOP PRIORITIES BE.

[00:01:41]IF HE WERE TO BECOME GOVERNOR.

[00:01:43]WHETHER IT COMES DOWN TO A HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER BILLS AND EDUCATION, HE SAYS.

[00:01:48]WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIGHT IN NOVEMBER, THOUGH, HE SAYS IT’S NOT JUST AGAINST HIS DEMOCRATIC COUNTERPART.

[00:01:53]HE SAYS IT’S AGAINST AN IDEOLOGY.

[00:01:55]I’M RUNNING AGAINST SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM.

[00:01:59]I’M RUNNING AGAINST PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN KILLING THE UNBORN.

[00:02:05]I’M RUNNING AGAINST PEOPLE.

[00:02:07]MY GOD FOLKS, I’M RUNNING AGAINST PEOPLE THAT I DON’T KNOW IF THEY BELIEVE IN GOD ANYMORE.

[00:02:13]I’M EXCITING NIGHT HERE AT.

[00:02:16]SENATOR TUBERVILLE SAYS AGAIN, THE FIGHT STARTS NOW.

[00:02:20]BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

[00:02:21]HE SAYS ULTIMATELY, HE WANTS TO SEE ALABAMA ON THE MAP AS THE TOP STATE IN AMERICA.

[00:02:26]REPORTING LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM.

[00:02:27]I’M MICHAEL HIGDON, BACK TO YOU, MICHAEL.

[00:02:29]THANKS.

[00:02:30]LET’S CHECK IN NOW WITH WVTM 13 LISA CRANE IN BIRMINGHAM WITH DOUG JONES CAMPAIGN.

[00:02:37]YEAH, IT WAS A JUBILANT SPEECH WE JUST HEARD FROM DOUG JONES MOMENTS AGO, THE CELEBRATORY SPEECH HE TALKED ABOUT CHANGE.

[00:02:43]CHANGE WAS THE BIG MESSAGE IN THAT SPEECH TONIGHT SAYING, IF YOU THINK ALABAMA CAN DO BETTER, THEY WANT YOU ON THEIR CREW.

[00:02:50]AND THEY HAD A CREW ON STAGE TONIGHT WITH HIM, TOO.

[00:02:53]HE HAD SEVERAL OTHER DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES WHO WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR OTHER STATE OFFICES THERE ON, ON, ON THE STAGE WITH HIM SAYING THEY ARE WORKING AS A CREW.

[00:03:01]THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

[00:03:03]NOW ALSO, HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WHEN HE FIRST GOT INTO OFFICE.

[00:03:07]HE HAD A LOT OF THINGS ON HIS PLATE.

[00:03:08]HE WANTED TO EXPAND MEDICARE.

[00:03:09]HE WANTED TO MAKE ALABAMA A PLACE WHERE KIDS DIDN’T WANT TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

[00:03:14]HE WANTED TO KEEP THAT THAT MONEY AND THAT THOSE BRAINS AND THOSE BUSINESSES RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE.

[00:03:20]LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TO A PART OF THAT SPEECH.

[00:03:23]WE’VE HAD A CAMPAIGN, A SPIRITED CAMPAIGN WITH FOLKS WHO HAD THE SAME CONCERN THAT WE ALL DO ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS STATE, THE SAME CONVICTION ABOUT HOW TO MOVE THIS STATE FORWARD.

[00:03:35]AND THAT’S HOW DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

[00:03:38]YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THOSE VOICES.

[00:03:40]BUT TONIGHT I’M ASKING THAT ALL OF THOSE FOLKS, EVERYBODY ACROSS THE STATE, COME TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER BY RECOGNIZING THAT WHAT IS AT STAKE IS FAR FOR ALABAMA IS BIGGER THAN ANY PARTY.

[00:03:53]IT’S BIGGER THAN ANY FACTION.

[00:03:55]IT’S BIGGER THAN ANY ONE PERSON.

[00:04:00]THIS IS A CAMPAIGN FOR ALL OF ALABAMA.

[00:04:02]NOW, WE ASKED HIM AFTERWARDS ABOUT THIS SHAPING UP TO BE A KIND OF A REMATCH OF WHAT WE SAW IN 2020 IN THE SENATE RACE.

[00:04:11]IN THAT RACE, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER TOMMY TUBERVILLE BEAT HIM BY A WIDE MARGIN.

[00:04:15]HE SAID, IT’S GOING TO BE MUCH DIFFERENT BECAUSE NOW TUBERVILLE HAS A RECORD.

[00:04:19]HE EXPECTS THAT TO HELP HIM IN THIS RACE.

[00:04:21]HE HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TOMORROW TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT.

[00:04:24]THEY’RE ALREADY CALLING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT NOON WITH KENTUCKY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR, WHO IS SUPPORTING HIM IN THIS RACE THAT’S HAPPENING TOMORROW AT PEPPER PLACE AT NOON, AND WE WILL BE THERE AND BRING THAT TO YOU THEN LIVE IN LAKEVIEW LISA CRANE WVTM 13.

[00:04:37]ALL RIGHT.

[00:04:38]THANKS, LISA.

[00:04:39]AND ANOTHER RACE, OF COURSE, WE’RE WATCHING CLOSELY TONIGHT.

[00:04:41]AFFECTS YOU ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS THE RACE FOR AN OPEN SEAT IN THE U.S. SENATE.

[00:04:46]AND LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE RESULTS THAT ARE COMING IN RIGHT NOW.

[00:04:50]THIS IS A LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

[00:04:53]AND WE’VE GOT IN THE LEAD RIGHT NOW, EVERETT WEST, WITH 40% OF THE VOTE, FOLLOWED BY BAKARI LARIAT WITH 29% OF THE VOTE.

[00:05:03]AND THAT’S WITH 69% OF THOSE PRECINCTS REPORTING SO FAR.

[00:05:06]AND NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY THERE.

[00:05:09]AND WE GOT VERY CLOSE NUMBERS, OR WE DID HAVE VERY CLOSE NUMBERS.

[00:05:13]I GUESS IT’S CHANGED CONSIDERABLY BETWEEN BERRY MOULTON.

[00:05:16]STEVE MARSHALL LOOKS LIKE BARRY MOORE HAS PULLED OUT WITH 41% OF THE VOTE.

[00:05:21]NOW STEVE MARSHALL NOW TRAILING HIM WITH 25% OF THE VOTE WITH ABOUT 55% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING THERE.

[00:05:27]AND THEN SETH BURTON, DALE DEES AND MORGAN MURPHY THERE WITH THREE, TWO AND 1%, RESPECTIVELY.

[00:05:33]COUNTDOWN IS ON.

[00:05:34]LET’S CHECK IN NOW WITH WVTM 13 KAYLA DAVIS, WHO SPENT THE EVENING AT A WATCH PARTY FOR DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE DAKARI LARIAT.

[00:05:41]KAYLA.

[00:05:41]GUY, JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, IT’S BEEN REALLY CLOSE ALL NIGHT BETWEEN EVERETT WEST AND DAKARI LARIAT HERE AT LARIAT WATCH PARTY.

[00:05:53]I’VE HEARD SOME SCREAMS.

[00:05:54]IT SOUNDED LIKE SIGHS OF RELIEF AS THOSE VOTES LOOK REALLY, REALLY CLOSE.

[00:05:59]CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE BEEN TRICKLING IN AND OUT ALL NIGHT, REALLY IN SUPPORT OF DAKARI AND HIS RACE FOR THE SENATE SEAT.

[00:06:10]REALLY SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT JEFFERSON COUNTY.

[00:06:13]BUT LARRY TOLD ME EARLIER HE’S STILL FEELING CONFIDENT AND FOCUSED ON WHAT’S AHEAD.

[00:06:19]PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY’RE BEING LEFT BEHIND ECONOMICALLY.

[00:06:23]HEALTH CARE HOSPITALS CLOSING THROUGHOUT OUR STATE.

[00:06:26]SO I’M GOING TO FIGHT LIKE HELL TO REPEAL THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL AND ENSURE THAT WE INVEST IN OUR HEALTH CARE, FULLY FUND MEDICAID, FULLY FUND SOCIAL SECURITY, AND GET AMERICANS AND ALABAMIANS BACK TO WORK.

[00:06:40]SO LOOKING LIKE IT COULD BE A RUN OFF BETWEEN WEST AND CASTLEBERRY, AS YOU CAN HEAR BEHIND ME, IT’S STARTING TO SOUND A LITTLE BIT MORE LIVELY IN HERE AS THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR ZAKARI, BUT I’M GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED AS THE NIGHT CONTINUES AND THEY FINISH COUNTING ALL THE REST OF THESE VOTES.

[00:06:58]BUT FOR NOW, I’M LIVE IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM KAYLA DAVIS WVTM 13.

[00:07:03]ALL RIGHT.

[00:07:04]THANKS, KAYLA.

[00:07:04]NOW, WE WANT TO CHECK IN TONIGHT WITH THE WVTM 13 ZOE BLAIR.

[00:07:08]SHE SPENT THE EVENING IN GARDENDALE WITH JARED HUDSON.

[00:07:11]SENATE CAMPAIGN.

[00:07:12]HOW HAVE THINGS BEEN GOING THERE?

[00:07:15]ZOE?

[00:07:15]GUY CARLA THINGS ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF DWINDLING DOWN HERE.

[00:07:18]IT IS GETTING LATE, BUT THERE ARE STILL A GOOD BIT OF FOLKS AT THIS PARTY.

[00:07:21]THEY’RE STILL WAITING FOR ALMOST HALF OF THOSE BALLOTS TO COME IN.

[00:07:27]VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN HERE TONIGHT.

[00:07:29]WE HAVEN’T WE STILL HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH JARED HUDSON.

[00:07:32]HE’S BEEN OUT GREETING HIS SUPPORTERS.

[00:07:36]AND NOW THEY’RE BACK.

[00:07:37]WE’RE WAITING TO GET SOME MORE OF THOSE NUMBERS.

[00:07:39]THEY DON’T WANT TO SPEAK TO US UNTIL THEY GET SOME MORE NUMBERS.

[00:07:43]BUT HE DID TAKE THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, AND HE SAID THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE UP HERE SHARING WHAT HE’S PASSIONATE ABOUT.

[00:07:55]FIRST PETER 224 SAYS THAT JESUS HUNG ON A TREE FOR OUR SINS, AND IT’S BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED SO THAT WE CAN BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.

[00:08:06]I DON’T CARE WHAT HAPPENS HERE TONIGHT.

[00:08:08]I DON’T CARE IF WE HAVE A VICTORY.

[00:08:11]DON’T CARE IF WE GO INTO A RUNOFF.

[00:08:13]I DON’T CARE IF WE LOSE OUTRIGHT.

[00:08:16]GOD HAS PAVED AN UNBELIEVABLE ROAD WHERE WE CAN SHARE HIS GOSPEL WITH THE WORLD AROUND US.

[00:08:23]AND AT THIS POINT, A RUNOFF DOES SEEM TO BE WHAT THEY ARE HOPING FOR.

[00:08:28]AS YOU JUST SAID, WITH THOSE NUMBERS, BERRY MOORE HAS A STRONG LEAD OVER BOTH STEVE MARSHALL AND JARED HUDSON.

[00:08:34]HE’S STILL OPTIMISTIC THAT HE COULD GET AN OUTRIGHT WIN, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE GOING FOR A RUNOFF.

[00:08:40]IF IT DOES, THAT RUNOFF WILL HAPPEN ON JUNE 16TH.

[00:08:43]WE’RE GOING TO STAY HERE UNTIL THIS RACE IS CALLED AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT JARED HUDSON HAS TO SAY FOR NOW, LIVE IN GARFIELD.

[00:08:51]TONY BLAIR, WVTM 13.

[00:08:52]ZOE, THANKS.

[00:08:53]ANOTHER BIG STATE RACE.

[00:08:55]WE’RE WATCHING CLOSELY RIGHT NOW.

[00:08:56]ALABAMA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL, SEVERAL NAMES HOPING TO STAY IN THIS RACE THIS EVENING BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY ONE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, JEFF MCLAUGHLIN, WILL MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

[00:09:07]THAT BEING SAID, HERE ARE YOUR RESULTS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

[00:09:11]KATHERINE ROBERTS OUT FRONT RIGHT NOW, WITH 54% OF THE VOTES COUNTED, SHE HAS 41% VERSUS J.

[00:09:20]MITCHELL’S 34%.

[00:09:21]PAMELA CASEY BRINGING UP THE REAR WITH TWO WITH 24%.

[00:09:24]SO NOW WE WANT TO GET TO WVTM 13 JARVIS ROBERTSON.

[00:09:28]HE IS LIVE AND LOCAL IN BIRMINGHAM.

[00:09:30]HE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING CATHERINE ROBERTSON’S CAMPAIGN.

[00:09:31]WHAT DOES SHE HAVE TO SAY THERE TONIGHT?

[00:09:33]JARVIS?

[00:09:34]WELL, CARLA THERE’S STILL A LOT OF ENERGY HERE IN THE WATCH PARTY FOR CATHERINE ROBERTSON.

[00:09:41]AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED, ONLY 55% OF PRECINCTS ACROSS ALABAMA ARE REPORTING.

[00:09:47]BUT RIGHT NOW CATHERINE ROBERTSON IS IN THE LEAD WITH 41.2% OF THAT VOTE, ACCORDING TO THE AP.

[00:09:56]SHE HAS 160,700, 160,760 VOTES, COMPARED TO J.

[00:10:00]MITCHELL’S 135,000 AND PAMELA CASES AND 95,000.

[00:10:02]SO WITH THIS TREND, THIS RACE IS HEADED TO A RUNOFF.

[00:10:05]NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE JUST HEARD FROM ROBERTSON ON THE SAME ON THE STAGE, SHE SAYS THAT SHE IS GOING TO CONTINUE HER CAMPAIGN TO BECOME THE NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL.

[00:10:15]ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE IS POINTING TO IS HER EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO BEING IN THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE.

[00:10:20]RIGHT NOW, SHE SERVES AS THE CHIEF COUNSEL TO CURRENT AG STEVE MARSHALL.

[00:10:24]SHE’S BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS.

[00:10:27]SO THAT IS WHY SHE’S SAYING SHE’S HAD THIS ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR SO MANY YEARS.

[00:10:32]AND THAT’S WHY SHE BELIEVES SHE SHOULD BE THE NOMINEE FOR THE FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

[00:10:38]BUT AGAIN, HERE LIVE, YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE SUPPORTERS THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW.

[00:10:43]I’M SURE THIS IS NOT WHAT CATHERINE ROBERTSON WANTED.

[00:10:46]I WOULD IMAGINE SHE WANTED A CLEAR PATH, A CLEAR VICTORY HEADING INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION COME NOVEMBER.

[00:10:52]HOWEVER, SHE IS NOT GETTING THAT TONIGHT.

[00:10:54]BUT AGAIN, SHE HAS VOWED TO NOT GIVE UP HER FIGHT TO BECOME THE NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL.

[00:10:58]ANOTHER THING I SHOULD POINT OUT SHE HAS RAISED $4.4 MILLION ON THIS CAMPAIGN TRAIL COMPARED TO J.

[00:11:05]MITCHELL’S 3.8 MILLION COMPARED TO PAMELA.

[00:11:08]PAMELA CASES $200,000.

[00:11:09]SO THERE IS A LOT OF MOMENTUM GOING IN HER FAVOR.

[00:11:12]WE WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HER AS SHE CONTINUES HER TRAIL.

[00:11:14]THIS RUNOFF IS SET.

[00:11:16]IF IT GOES TO A RUNOFF, IT IS SET FOR JUNE 16TH, REPORTING LIVE HERE IN VESTAVIA.

[00:11:24]I’M JARVIS ROBERTSON, WVTM 13, JARVIS, THANKS.

[00:11:26]I’M ALSO TRACKING RESULTS FROM SOME OF THE OTHER CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES THAT ARE HAPPENING TONIGHT.

[00:11:30]THESE ARE FOR THE U.S. HOUSE.

[00:11:32]SO I WANT TO START OFF WITH DISTRICT THREE, ONLY A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN THIS RACE FOR TONIGHT, INCUMBENT MIKE ROGERS HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER OF THIS RACE, BEATING OUT TERRI LAPOINT.

[00:11:43]HE’S GOING TO FACE A DEMOCRAT, LEE MACINNIS, IN THE GENERAL ELECTION COME NOVEMBER ON THE DISTRICT.

[00:11:49]FOR NOW, THE RESULTS ARE COMING IN FOR THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARY THERE.

[00:11:52]AMANDA PUSH CHECK.

[00:11:53]AT THIS POINT, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LEAD OVER SHANE WEAVER.

[00:11:57]I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE RESULTS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

[00:12:02]ROBERT ADERHOLT JUST DECLARED THE WINNER HERE AGAINST TOMMY BARNES.

[00:12:06]ACCORDING TO THE AP.

[00:12:08]LET’S GO TO DISTRICT FIVE.

[00:12:10]ONLY A DEMOCRAT PRIMARY IN THIS DISTRICT.

[00:12:12]THERE ARE RESULTS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

[00:12:14]CHECK IT OUT HERE ON YOUR SCREEN.

[00:12:17]JEREMY DEVITO, CANDACE DUVALL, ANDREW SNEAD.

[00:12:18]THIS IS A CLOSE ONE STILL, BUT SNEAD AT THIS POINT IN THE TOP SPOT.

[00:12:22]OF COURSE, WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS MORE VOTES CONTINUE TO COME IN.

[00:12:28]IT LOOKS LIKE 96% REPORTING AT THE PRECINCTS AT THIS POINT.

[00:12:31]AS A REMINDER, A DISTRICTS 1 IN 6 HAD PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BALLOT TONIGHT, BUT THOSE WILL NOT BE COUNTING UNTIL THE COURTS RULE ON THE SPECIAL ELECTION THAT’S CURRENTLY SET FOR THOSE DISTRICTS IN AUGUST.

[00:12:45]THAT ALSO AFFECTS DISTRICTS TWO AND SEVEN, WHERE CANDIDATES RAN UNOPPOSED TONIGHT, MEANING NO PRIMARY WAS NEEDED.

[00:12:51]A HEARING ON THAT CASE IS SET FOR FRIDAY MORNING IN BIRMINGHAM.

[00:12:54]OF COURSE, WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON HOW THAT PLAYS OUT AS WELL.

[00:12:58]BRITTANY.

[00:12:58]THANKS.

[00:12:59]LET’S CHECK IN NOW WITH OUR ELECTION EXPERTS.

[00:13:03]IRONDALE MAYOR JAMES STEWART AND HOMEWOOD MAYOR JENNIFER ANDRUS.

[00:13:06]AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE RESULTS ALL NIGHT.

[00:13:09]IS THIS PRETTY MUCH HOW YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD SHAKE OUT?

[00:13:12]I WOULD SAY YES.

[00:13:13]THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF SURPRISES AS WELL IN THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE FOR THE SENATE.

[00:13:18]I WAS SURPRISED THAT EVERY WEST HAS HAD THE TYPE OF TURNOUT THAT HE’S HAD, AND HE’S LEADING THAT PARTICULAR RACE THERE, BUT THE REST OF THEM, I KIND OF PLAYED OUT THE WAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE THEY WE HAVE A FEW RUNOFFS WITH THE SENATE RACE.

[00:13:36]WE PRETTY MUCH EXPECT THAT THAT WILL COME DOWN TO MORE.

[00:13:41]AND MARSHALL AND HUDSON, AND THAT’S KIND OF PLAYING OUT TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THERE’S HALF OF THE BOXES THAT ARE STILL OUT.

[00:13:49]BUT NO BIG SURPRISES.

[00:13:50]WE’RE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THOSE RUNOFF RACES AND THEN GET TO THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

[00:13:57]AND ANY THOUGHTS AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO NOVEMBER, WHAT ANYTHING THAT’S HAPPENED TONIGHT COULD MEAN FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER?

[00:14:04]ANYTHING STANDING OUT TO YOU?

[00:14:05]WELL, I WOULD FIRST SAY THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN A RUNOFF.

[00:14:09]YOU KNOW, IT’S A LOW TURNOUT.

[00:14:10]WE’VE ALREADY HAD A LOW TURNOUT TODAY, SO IT’S GOING TO BE AN EVEN LOWER TURNOUT.

[00:14:15]AGAIN, CONFUSION WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING POSSIBLY IN AUGUST.

[00:14:17]WE DON’T KNOW.

[00:14:18]COULD BE THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE BEFORE WE FIND THAT OUT.

[00:14:21]SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, THESE RACES ARE GOING TO RUN OUT, WHICH WE EXPECTED.

[00:14:24]BUT WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE RUNOFF THAT COULD CHANGE.

[00:14:26]WE’VE SEEN IT BEFORE.

[00:14:27]WE’VE SEEN SOMEONE COME UP THE MIDDLE.

[00:14:29]THAT KIND OF CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, MAYBE, AND TAKE ON, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON THAT WAS IN THE LEAD AND WIN THE SEAT.

[00:14:35]SO OR WIN THE NOMINATION FOR THE PARTY AND THEN GO ON TO THE GENERAL.

[00:14:39]SO ANYWAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HAPPENS IN JUNE.

[00:14:42]DID YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE A BIGGER TURNOUT CONSIDERING ALL THE ACTIVISM BASED ON THE SUPREME COURT DECISION AND AND REDISTRICTING?

[00:14:49]I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AND POSSIBLY AND, YOU KNOW, WITH SIX AND SEVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT IMPACTS HOMEWOOD.

[00:14:56]JUST SPEAKING FOR US, I THINK MAYBE THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION.

[00:14:59]AND I THINK MAYBE WE’RE JUST GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE AUGUST ELECTION.

[00:15:02]I DON’T KNOW.

[00:15:02]IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE PART OF THIS EXERCISE IS OUR RIGHT AS AMERICAN CITIZENS.

[00:15:09]IT IS SO IMPORTANT, AND I WOULD SAY IF THERE’S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THAT’S CREATED AT THE GOVERNOR’S GOVERNOR’S LEVEL, THEN THAT SHOULD HELP WITH ALL OF THE OTHER BALLOTS THAT ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT FARTHER IN THE ELECTION CYCLE.

[00:15:26]IT SHOULD BE VERY INTERESTING.

[00:15:28]AS WE SIT HERE TONIGHT, WE KIND OF HEARD TWO DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES COMING FROM THOSE CANDIDATES WE HAD WHERE JONES WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO BE INCLUSIVE.

[00:15:38]EVERYBODY HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

[00:15:40]WHEN HE WAS TALKING, I THOUGHT I WAS HERE LISTENING TO MATTHEW 2531 THROUGH 36, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BASIC NECESSITIES FOR THE CITIZENS OF IRONDALE OR CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, I’M HERE TALKING FOR IRONDALE THAT THAT THOSE WOULD BE COVERED FOR EVERYBODY.

[00:16:00]THEN I HEAR SENATOR TUBERVILLE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT HE BRINGS THE RESOURCES TO THE SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT.

[00:16:10]IT’LL JUST BE INTERESTING OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 4 MONTHS TO SEE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE THEIR MESSAGE HOME.

[00:16:17]AND IT WILL BE CLEAR WITH WHAT THEY’RE SAYING AND HOW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR BASE, AS WELL AS TO THOSE THAT ARE INDEPENDENTS, THAT COULD DETERMINE WHO WILL BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR FOR THE WONDERFUL STATE OF ALABAMA.

[00:16:29]MAYOR STEWART, MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[00:16:30]THANK YOU.

[00:16:31]ALL RIGHT.

[00:16:31]A LOT COULD HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER, THAT’S FOR SURE.

[00:16:34]OUR ELECTION COVERAGE CONTINU