This is bad news for Republicans. In addition, state Senator Arthur Orr won’t be running.
It looks like Tom Butler will be the nominee. He should be a good candidate. Bob Riley has been pushing his candidacy, which may be a factor in Brooks & Orr’s decisions.
Well, I like Tom. He went to high school with my late husband. I can vote for him. I like Mo too.
Well, bad news for Conservatives. This may end up a general election showdown between 2 60-something State Senators, Butler and Dr. Parker Griffith. Butler should win based upon how well the GOP Presidential candidate should do in the 5th. Mentioning that it has been one party Democrat for 140 years and that it is truly time for a change ought to be an angle we play up (of course, Butler is a change only on paper, he might be more liberal than Cramer).