Tag: Sue Bell Cobb

One thing was clear after watching Alabama's Democratic candidates for governor go at each other Tuesday night. That there are only two candidates. This is a race between former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox. I'm sorry, James Fields. You performed well. This is two-person fight, and - from the looks of things Tuesday - it's gonna be a doozy. Cobb hit Maddox right in his resume, pointing to a University of Alabama study that criticized the equality of the recovery in Tuscaloosa after the 2011 tornado. Maddox hit Cobb in her history too, on her decision to quit her elected position as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court even though she was, until last year's senate race, the last Democrat in Alabama elected to a really important job. Both, it has been shown, are willing to bare their teeth and their knuckles to fight for the job they want. Columnist Cameron Smith pointed out at the debate that Doug Jones needed crossover Republicans to beat Moore, and any Democrat who wins in November will need some GOP help, too.