By Steve Flowers Special to The Tribune A few months back the Jefferson County Republican Party honored our Senior U.S. Senator, Richard Shelby. It was held at The Club in Birmingham. The v... Read more
By Steve Flowers Special to The Tribune As we enter the 2018 campaign season, many of you have asked me to look back and analyze the 2017 Special Election Senate race and explain in depth wh... Read more
By Steve Flowers Special to The Tribune At the close of each year, my tradition is to acknowledge the passing away of significant political leaders from the political stage in our beloved st... Read more
By Steve Flowers Special to The Tribune Well, folks, we have had a more exciting and fun filled political year than we expected. Usually, most of the fun is reserved for even numbered years... Read more
By Steve Flowers Special to The Tribune The legendary Speaker of the U.S. House, Sam Rayburn, coined a famous phrase he used often and imparted to young congressmen when they would arrive on... Read more
By Steve Flowers Special to The Tribune We still have the culmination of the race for the seat of Jeff Sessions set to be determined in less than five weeks on December 12. Roy Moore, as th... Read more
By Steve Flowers Jefferson County is transitioning from a Republican to a Democratic county. In the process, they are having an interesting array of intriguing political happenings. You may... Read more
By Steve Flowers Columnist Last week we handicapped some of the potential horses in the upcoming 2018 Governor’s Race. We mentioned Judge Roy Moore, PSC President Twinkle Cavanaugh, Agricult... Read more
By Steve Flowers This past year in Alabama politics was surprisingly more interesting than was expected. The judicial inquiry commission removed Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore from th... Read more
By Steve Flowers Historically speaking, Alabamians have been more interested in the governor’s race than presidential politics. For years, from 1876 to 1964, we were a totally Democratic sta... Read more