What Isner and Jones pulled in 2022 is abhorrent. After Yolanda Flowers defeated State Senator Malika Sanders-Fortier, the party’s handpicked choice—daughter of longtime iconic Senator Hank Sanders—Isner and Jones proceeded to act like two spoiled brats who lost on the playground. They took their ball and went home.

Fast forward to Alabama politics in 2025: on the most recent episode of the BCS: State of Alabama podcast, the 2022 Democratic gubernatorial nominee and 2026 candidate for governor Yolanda Flowers needed no prodding to admit she huffed gas and paint as a teenager.

With a Mo Brooks candidacy looking more and more likely in the 2026 Senate race, bringing the number to five candidates seeking to be the next junior Senator from Alabama, does Merrill really want to try to run that gauntlet?

Chen is a Vestavia Hills attorney with a background in law and business, having earned degrees from Hope College, Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, and the University of Alabama.

Maybe Oden wanted the more prestigious position because of stature. Or maybe he does not want to face Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry in next year's 2026 GOP primary.

Often times when it comes to thinking of famous names in Alabama politics we conjure up images of the Wallace's, Folsom's and Baxley's. we never think of the Merrills.

In this latest Alabama election news, the Colbert County Assistant DA took aim at Commissioner Oden, putting him straight in the crosshairs for robbing Alabama ratepayers with the Public Service Commission's "Hidden Tax." According to Woodall, Jeremy Oden, along with Twinkle Cavanaugh, has taken almost 33 million from the people of Alabama and added it to the general fund instead of giving a rebate to the people.

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The conversation then turned to foreign policy, particularly the ongoing war in Ukraine. Mo expressed concerns about Presid