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    The two Republicans running for Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District faced off in a debate ahead of the April 16 runoff. Dick Brewbaker, a businessman and former state senator, and Caroleene Dobson, an attorney and political newcomer, are vying for the GOP nomination. The winner will face the Democratic nominee in the closely watched November election. The Democratic nominee will be decided in a runoff between Shomari Figures and state Rep. Anthony Daniels. Dobson and Brewbaker traded verbal jabs in the debate as Dobson criticized legislative votes that Brewbaker had taken on taxes and business regulation. Brewbaker fired back that Dobson was repeatedly lying about his record.

      The two Democrats running for Alabama’s newly redrawn congressional district stressed their experience — one at the federal level and one at the Alabama Legislature — in a debate that aired Tuesday night. Shomari Figures served as deputy chief of staff and counselor to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland while Anthony Daniels is the state House Minority Leader. They will meet in a Tuesday runoff to decide the Democratic nomination for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. The winner of the Democratic runoff will face the Republican nominee in the closely watched November general election.  A federal court redrew the district last year after ruling the state's previous map likely violated the Voting Rights Act.

        Federal authorities have arrested a man they said placed a homemade explosive device outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in February. The U.S. Justice Department said 26-year-old Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert of Irondale was arrested Wednesday on charges of malicious use of an explosive and possession of an unregistered destructive device. Authorities said a device was detonated in downtown Montgomery outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in the early morning hours of Feb. 24. No injuries or significant damage to nearby buildings was reported. Calvert was scheduled for his initial appearance on Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Montgomery.  Court records were not immediately available to show if he has an attorney to speak on his behalf.

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