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State Overview
Capital
Montgomery
Population
5,108,000
Electoral Votes
9
Governor
Kay Ivey (Republican)
House Delegation
6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
State Leadership
Governor
Kay Ivey
RepublicanU.S. Senators
- Katie Britt
- Tommy Tuberville
House Delegation
6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Congressional Districts: 7
State Legislature
Republican control of House and Senate
Elections Snapshot
Next Major Election
November 2024 General
Electoral Votes
9
Congressional Districts
7
Latest State Articles
Local News from Alabama
Crime & Safety
Dauphin Island Police Officer Charged with Domestic Violence
A Dauphin Island police officer once praised as a 'hero behind the badge' now faces two misdemeanor domestic violence charges. Joshua Randall Paul is accused of harassing his wife and flooding her with dozens of calls and messages after she asked him to stop contacting her.
Dauphin Island · Sep 4, 2026
Crime & Safety
Dauphin Island Public Works Employees Charged with Cocaine Trafficking After Drugs Wash Ashore
Two Dauphin Island public works employees were arrested after 53.9 pounds of cocaine washed ashore on the island's West End Beach. Instead of reporting the discovery, police say they took a kilogram home — one buried it in his backyard — and planned to sell it.
Dauphin Island · Sep 4, 2026
Crime & Safety
Theodore Man Charged in Dauphin Island Parkway Shooting
A 49-year-old Theodore man faces first-degree assault charges after a shooting on Dauphin Island Parkway left a victim hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Mobile Police say the violence followed a domestic argument at a home in the 9200 block.
Dauphin Island · Sep 4, 2026
Local Government
Keep Dauphin Island, Dauphin Island: What Residents Are Fighting to Protect on Alabama's Barrier Island
Dauphin Island residents are fighting to protect Alabama's barrier island from overdevelopment, zoning changes, and short-term rental pressures. The question is whether growth, tourism, property rights and small-town character can coexist.
Dauphin Island · Sep 4, 2026
Local Government
Who Pays to Save Dauphin Island? Property Rights, Public Money and a Disappearing Alabama Coast
Dauphin Island is losing ground to the Gulf. The fight to save it — $130M+ in public projects, private-property easements, and a permanent beach boundary line — raises the hardest conservative question on the Gulf Coast.
Dauphin Island · Sep 3, 2026
Local Government
Who Is Dauphin Island For? The Battle Over Airbnb, Vacation Rentals, and an Island's Future
Dauphin Island, Alabama's only barrier island, is wrestling with Ordinance 105, a proposed DeSoto Landing moratorium, and the same property-rights fight that has now reached federal court in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Dauphin Island · Sep 3, 2026
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