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Congresswoman, Rep.Martha Roby, Republican, has easily defeated her opponent, Bobby Bright in a run-off CD special election this evening, garnering 66% of the vote!!! Another win for the Trumpies!!!

<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Martha Roby, one of a handful of Alabama Republicans who criticized Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, has been forced into a July runoff for the GOP nomination for her seat.</p> <p>Roby will face Bobby Bright in the runoff in the state's 2nd congressional district, a conservative swath where loyalty to Trump became a central issue of the midterm primary.</p>

Rep. Bobby Bright (D-Ala.) took aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in his latest campaign ad, saying, "I've heard my constituents and they don't want a liberal running the House. They want a conservative."  In the 30-second spot, Bright highlights his recent proclamation that he won't vote for Pelosi again as Speaker of the House. Instead, Bright says he'll vote for the person who will allow him to best represent his constituents.  Bright also vows in the ad to help repeal the healthcare law, noting that "anyone who tells you otherwise is just downright lying."  Last week, Bright pledged...

Rep. Bobby Bright (D) has received campaign donations from at least three of the 11 individuals indicted this week in a FBI bribery probe in Alabama while a fourth defendant was a key supporter during his 2008 Congressional campaign. Bright’s connection to some of the defendants date back to his previous service as mayor of Montgomery. The freshman Congressman is currently in the middle of a tough re-election fight in his battleground district that is a top target for national Republicans this cycle. Bright’s campaign said Wednesday that the past donations have nothing to do with the scheme to buy...

In Alabama’s second district, local tea party activists held a “no-show townhall” with a mannequin of their Democratic Representative, Bobby Bright, because Bright refused to hold a town hall meeting himself. Then, the activists took a microphone and spoke to the mannequin. That’s not the kind of thing you want going into a vulnerable re-election cycle, as Bright is this November.“He’s a nice person. He has a wonderful staff. But I don’t think he is a good leader, at all,” said Becky Gerritson, a local tea party activist, who was present at the event. Gerritson complained that Bright, a Democrat...

Taxes: On the eve of President Obama's first State of the Union address, two Democratic congressmen are advising him to extend the Bush tax cuts instead of letting them expire. Now that's a stimulus. We hear that the administration is considering taking a more populist tack as it sails the choppy political waters of 2010. Some of President Obama's plans reportedly include several tax tidbits for the "middle class," including a doubling of the child care tax credit for families below $85,000 in income, and $1.6 billion for child care and a cap on student loan payments. Such transparent populism...

ANDALUSIA, Ala. — Among the men who gather every morning at 6 o’clock at the Church’s Chicken here on Three Notch Street, there is general agreement that the Obama administration is doing a very bad job of running the country. And the stakes are as high, as one coffee drinker put it, as the survival of the country’s culture, economy and way of life. Yet this group is represented in the House by a Democrat, Bobby Bright. And they are actually fond of him. For now. “I like Bobby,” said Glenn Cook, 72, a retired electrical engineer. “I think he’s...

Tonight Bright posted this on his "District Work Schedule" page: 8/6/09 MONTGOMERY, AL - Congressman Bright will be continuing his district work schedule and will be in the River Region on Friday, August 7th. Congressman Bright will be hosting a meet and greet event, as well as two "Congress on Your Corner" to listen to concerns and meet with constituents. That's it. These events are tomorrow. No times. No locations. I detect a new strategy: Have meetings with constituents...without the constituents!