ELECTION NEWS

• Baxley holds narrow lead over Cavanaugh in Alabama PSC race
MONTGOMERY ? Former Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley held a narrow lead over former Alabama Republican Party chairwoman Twinkle Cavanaugh on Tuesday night in the race for president of the state Public Service Commission.

• Alabama easily re-elects Sessions to third term
On a grim day for Republicans nationally, U.S. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, romped to a third six-year term Tuesday, trouncing state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, a Democrat also from Mobile, by a landslide margin.

• Baldwin voters approve 3 amendments
BAY MINETTE ? Baldwin County voters approved three constitutional amendments Tuesday designed to help their local government resolve property valuation disputes, control parks and regulate sewerage, according to unofficial results.

• Incumbent Mike Dean wins third term as Mobile County commissioner
Mike Dean said he will spend his third term as Mobile County commissioner paving more roads and building bridges, those needed for travel as well as establishing relationships that will foster economic development.

• Long lines, high spirits at voting precincts in Mobile County
One-hundred-year-old Rachel Harris stepped out of her van Tuesday morning at the Rock of Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Mobile and saw voters lined up outside the door and around the parking lot.

• Mobile voters OK local amendments dealing with roads and dogs
Local voters approved two measures Tuesday to continue improving roadways in Mobile County and to give law enforcement new weapons to use against dangerous dogs.

• Republicans take three Mobile County races
Republican candidates were celebrating victories late Tuesday in three Mobile Countywide races: treasurer, revenue commissioner and license commissioner.

• School Board of Education
Randy McKinney of Orange Beach led Kenyon Berry in early returns from the race for state school board.

• Washington County narrowly rejects sales tax
Voters in Washington County rejected a sales tax by a narrow margin Tuesday, according to unofficial results, despite a weeks-long campaign from county officials, who wanted to use the money for roads and bridges.

• VOTE TODAY
Alabama voters today cast ballots in national, statewide and local races.

• McCain and Obama could both help Alabama congressional candidates
MONTGOMERY - Alabama will probably go for John McCain in Tuesday's presidential election, observers say, but Barack Obama's presence on the ballot might help Democrats in three competitive congressional races.

• McCain leads in fundraising in Alabama
MONTGOMERY - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is slightly ahead of Democrat Barack Obama in state fundraising, but Democrats have narrowed the gap since 2004.

• Paseur, Shaw close in fundraising for Alabama Supreme Court race
This year's state Supreme Court race is shaping up as one of the most expensive in the country, and Democrat Deborah Bell Paseur has been holding her own against Republican Greg Shaw.

• Mayor, council prepare for '09
The presidential election is just over a week away, but some Mobile leaders have already started thinking about the votes that will be cast next summer.

• Folsom considers run for governor's office
Montgomery - On Nov. 9, 1994, Gov. Jim Folsom Jr. and wife Marsha gathered reporters in the foyer of the Governor's Mansion to concede a hard-fought election to Republican Fob James.