The first Black federal lawmaker from Alabama was Benjamin Turner, as Dallas County tax collector ... patronage appointments ...

Rep. Shomari Figures comes to Washington representing a district created by a court order to give Alabama's black voters more ...

When Jimmy Carter carried Wisconsin in 1976, the 15 most Democratic counties did not include Milwaukee or Dane.

At 60 years old, Harris is still young in a political world where the last two presidents have set records as the oldest ever elected.

The life of James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, ended Sunday at the age of 100 where it began: Plains, the town of 600 that fueled his political rise, welcomed him after ...

One Republican and two Democratic candidates qualified for the Senate District 5 seat on Jan. 7. Rep. Matt Woods, R-Jasper, ...

Kay Ivey Tuesday set an election for outgoing Senate President ... the Mississippi border through north central Alabama and into Jefferson County. It includes all of Fayette, Lamar and Walker ...

Gudger’s election is all but certain, as Republicans hold 26 of the 34 seats currently occupied in the chamber. Senate District 5 extends west from the Mississippi border through north central Alabama ...