Quite often, as I’m scrolling through my email inbox or the various messages that come my way on social media, there’s a recurring question from many disillusioned Alabama voters—and that includes, believe it or not, a fair number of conservatives and moderate Republicans who are dissatisfied with the current state of political discourse—who have read my criticism and critiques of Alabama’s various lawmakers.

“But is there a decent candidate?”

To be honest with you, as much as it pains me to say it, there have been times in which I could not answer yes. The Alabama Democratic Party, in recent years, has done a particularly poor job of recruiting and training viable candidates for office. In many races, they have fielded no candidates at all.

At the same time, gerrymandering has all but

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