Opinion | In the Mobile mayoral runoff, there’s a candidate with an actual plan

There are a lot of things in the world of politics right now that simply make no sense.

One of the oddest is happening in Mobile, where there’s a mayor’s race featuring two polar opposite candidates. On one side is Barbara Drummond, a Democratic state rep who has made serving her hometown and the working class folks of Mobile her life’s mission. On the other side is Spiro Cheriogotis, a former judge, Republican donor and hand-picked successor of outgoing mayor Sandy Stimpson.

Stimpson has been Mobile’s mayor for the past dozen years and there was widespread speculation that he would run for higher office—possibly governor or U.S. Representative—after deciding not to run again. There was little doubt that he would do so—if he chooses—as a Republican.

And here’s where the weirdness comes