Crenshaw County, Alabama - Brantley, Alabama, Dozier, Alabama, Petrey, Alabama, Rutledge, Alabama, Luverne, Alabama, Glenwood, Alabama (Paperback)

Chapters: Brantley, Alabama, Dozier, Alabama, Petrey, Alabama, Rutledge, Alabama, Luverne, Alabama, Glenwood, Alabama, Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, Whlw, Waoq, Anderson Crenshaw. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alabama's Second Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses the counties of Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lowndes, Montgomery (partial), and Pike county. The district is based in the city of Montgomery and takes in most of the city. Other cities in the district include Dothan, Andalusia, Troy, and Greenville. At the federal level, the district is strongly Republican; it gave John McCain 63.42% of the vote in 2008 while Barack Obama received 36.05% here. However, the district is represented by Democrat Bobby Bright, the former Mayor of Montgomery. Alabama's 2nd Congressional District covers the southeastern corner of Alabama. For most of its history, it has been based in Montgomery. However, in the 2000 round of redistricting, it lost the capitol area and most of the outlying districts to the 3rd District. The 2nd was one of five districts to swing Republican in 1964, when Barry Goldwater swept the state, and Republicans held onto the seat until 2008, when Democrat Bobby Bright succeeded retiring incumbent Terry Everett. The 1990 round shifted most of Montgomery's African Americans to the majority-black 7th District, while the areas removed in 2000 were mostly Democratic. Elmore, Autauga, Dothan and Houston counties are heavily Republican, made up mostly of whites who tend to take a hard-line on defense and "law and order." The Black ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=406425