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Baldwin County Dems


2026 Baldwin County Democrat's Voting Guide
A voting guide for Baldwin County's Federal, State, and District races for the General Election on November 3rd, 2026
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Who Controls the Purse? Presidential Rescission and the New Fight Over Federal Spending
Trump’s Efforts Test Whether Separation of Powers Still Operates at the Implementation Stage of Congressional Budgets By: John Sloan, Interim Chair Baldwin County Democrats
Oct 51 min read


The SAVE Database and Who Gets to Vote
Secure elections and access for
eligible voters are complementary
requirements of a trustworthy
democracy.
Sep 281 min read


Fifteen Years of Power, Shrinking Civil-Rights
The larger trajectory of 15 years of GOP rule of Alabama has been expanding state power and narrowing individual freedoms By John Sloan, Baldwin County Democrats Interim Chair
Aug 311 min read


A Democratic Party Divided? What the National Debate Means for Baldwin County
By: John Sloan, Baldwin County Democrats Interim Chair
Aug 241 min read


Data Centers in Alabama: A Gold Mine for Whom?
By: John Sloan, Baldwin County Democrats Interim Chair
Aug 171 min read


The Quadrennial Reorganization of the State Democratic Executive Committee: What’s in it for Us?
By: John Sloan, Baldwin Democrats Interim Chair
Aug 101 min read


The GOP’s Fifty-Year Effort to Create an American Autocracy
By John Sloan, Interim Chair Baldwin County Democrats
Aug 31 min read


The Heat is on in Baldwin County: ICE has Arrived and is Thriving
By John Sloan, Interim Chair Baldwin County Democrats
Jul 271 min read


BUILDING THE MOVEMENT: WHAT’S NEXT?
Easy to follow checklist for everyone
Jul 202 min read


A Supreme Court Term That Shifted Power Upward
By John Sloan, Interim Chair Baldwin County Democrats
Jul 61 min read


Tommy Tuberville Wants to Govern Alabama—but Does Alabama Really Know Tommy Tuberville?
caricature of Tommy Tuberville from the balcony of his Florida home
Jun 291 min read


Showing Up Is Job #1 for Democrats
By John Sloan, Interim Chair Baldwin County Democrats Last Tuesday night, I sat in the Baldwin County elections headquarters in Bay Minette and watched the returns come in from the primary runoff. I wish I could say I felt encouraged. Across 63 precincts, only 1,202 Democratic ballots were cast in the U.S. Senate runoff. Let that sit for a moment: in a county with more than 210,000 registered voters, the Democrats who showed up to help choose our party’s Senate nominee woul
Jun 214 min read


Nitrogen Gas Execution in a “Humane” Society
by John Sloan, BCD Interim Chair During my 30-year-career as a professor at UAB, I regularly taught a seminar to junior, senior, and master’s level criminal justice students entitled “The Death Penalty in America.” The course included analysis of the historical, moral, legal, and practical aspects of capital punishment, as well as predictions about its future. Sadly, Alabama has a less than stellar record when it comes to state sanctioned killing and remains an outlier not on
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