From al.com:

What do dinosaurs and Democrats have in common?

They once roamed Alabama.

That’s one of the jokes making the rounds after what was a triumphant election for Alabama Republicans and a disaster for state Democrats.

But behind the joke is a real question: In the wake of a historic election that saw Democrats lose every single statewide race and lose control of the Legislature for the first time in 136 years, is the Alabama Democratic Party, like the dinosaur, extinct?

“Obviously the Democrats were beaten badly in Alabama, more than ever before. But, the truth is the Democratic Party in Alabama has been on life support since 1986 and on Tuesday, Nov. 2, the Republicans pulled the plug,” said Natalie Davis, a longtime professor of political science at Birmingham-Southern College. Guy Hunt won the governor’s race in 1986, becoming the first Republican to hold that job since Reconstruction.

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