Alabama Republicans seem to be making unforced errors

There’s a hypothesis I can’t shake after years of observations. Alabama Republicans are getting bad at politics. So far, that hasn’t threatened their hegemony. The party controls all state offices; holds seven of the state’s nine congressional seats and enjoys supermajorities in the Alabama Legislature. For that, the GOP can thank an opposition tha

By: Brian Lyman

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: July 27, 2026

Words: 871

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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There’s a hypothesis I can’t shake after years of observations.

Alabama Republicans are getting bad at politics.

So far, that hasn’t threatened their hegemony. The party controls all state offices; holds seven of the state’s nine congressional seats and enjoys supermajorities in the Alabama Legislature.

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For that, the GOP can thank an opposition that for the better part of 16 years has been weak, underfunded …

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