Governor candidate Walt Maddox says he'll expand Medicaid, pass lottery

[TexasTowelie]

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox made official today what he had announced in October, he intends to become the first Democrat elected governor of Alabama in 20 years.

Maddox filed his papers this afternoon and paid the $2,418 qualifying fee at the state Democratic Party headquarters in Montgomery.

Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb and James Fields of Cullman are also running for the Democratic nomination.

On the Republican side, Gov. Kay Ivey, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, state Sen. Bill Hightower of Mobile and Michael McAllister have qualified. Evangelist Scott Dawson is also running for the GOP nomination.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Maddox can finish Governor Siegelman's vision of a lottery for education.

Ironically, Karl Rove and Leura Canary used Siegelman's promotion of the lottery to put him in prison.

[yallerdawg]

2. This area is producing governors now (Bentley).

Maddox is very popular, was mayor during the epic devastating destruction by the tornado, so he is up close and personal with state and Federal government service for the people.

Sue Bell Cobb had that strange resignation as Chief Justice, so she has a little more 'splainin' to do.