From TuscaloosaNews.com:

Believe it or not, we are already one day into the 2010 statewide election year in Alabama, as candidates competing in next year’s party primaries began legally raising money yesterday for the first round of voting one year from today.

Elections in even-numbered years in Alabama are always important, even though they do not include the presidential election. That’s because in years like the next one, we elect all of our constitutional officers, which include governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, as well as the entire 140-member Legislature and all seven members of the United States House of Representatives. This year, the U.S. Senate seat held by Tuscaloosa Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, who is running for re-election as the senior member of the Alabama Congressional delegation, is also on the ballot.

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