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eppur_se_muova

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Sun May 14, 2017, 08:17 PM May 2017

UNA professor running for Congress against Mo Brooks (al.com) [View all]

By Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com
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on May 12, 2017 at 3:50 PM, updated May 12, 2017 at 4:12 PM

The chair of the communications department at the University of North Alabama in Florence is running for Congress, seeking to win the seat held by U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks.

Butler Cain filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday and is touting his campaign on social media.

He is attempting to become the first Democrat to hold the 5th Congressional Seat since Parker Griffith was elected to Congress in 2008.

Brooks has faced a Democratic opponent in three of his four elections to Congress and faced an Independent candidate in the other election. Steve Raby gave the strongest showing against Brooks, winning 42 percent of the vote in Brooks' first Congressional election.
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more: http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/05/una_professor_running_for_cong.html

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