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A year-long power struggle between the only Democratic senator who represents a Southern state and the head of his own state Democratic Party organization has exploded into charges of discrimination and intimidation, and party officials worry the feud could complicate an already difficult reelection bid in one of the most conservative states in the country. The fight for control of the Alabama Democratic Party between Sen. Doug Jones (D) and Nancy Worley, the current head of the party, has revived painful allegations of racial discrimination, never far from the surface in a state at the heart of the battle for...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Nancy Worley, who spent four years as Alabama's chief election official, is scheduled for trial Monday on charges of violating the election laws she was supposed to administer. Worley faces felony and misdemeanor charges for sending campaign letters, campaign contribution envelopes and bumper stickers to five of her employees in the secretary of state's office. Defense attorney James Anderson said the attorney general's office has a weak case. "They are pushing it. The only thing that mentioned money was the envelope that was enclosed," he said. Chris Bence, spokesman for Attorney General...