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Welcome back to the fifth and final installment of Alabama’s most powerful and influential political leaders.

A peek behind the curtain of Alabama's most influential political leaders. Here are numbers 11-20 in the 2022 POWER & INFLUENCE 50.

Running for governor in Alabama is a full-contact sport, two-time candidate Tim James says, and he’s ready to play again. James, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2002 and 2010, filed paperwork with the Secretary of State's office to run for a third time in 2022. And it’s not just the sit

The Tuscaloosa News Historically, political power in the state has rested in the rural counties. Birmingham has been the home of the “Big Mules,” where the money that fueled the gubernatorial campaigns came from, but very few Birmingham politicians have ascended to governor or U.S. senator. Counties like Barbour and Cullman have been where governors are bred, not imperial Jefferson. Indeed, the small-town boys who ran for governor would demagogue and make fun of and run against the “Big ...

Historically, political power in the state has rested in the rural counties.  Birmingham has been the home of the “Big Mules,” where the money that fueled the gubernatorial campaigns came from, but very few Birmingham politicians have ascended to governor or U.S. Senator.  Counties like Barbour and Cullman have been where governors are bred not imperial Jefferson.  Indeed, the small-town boys that ran for governor would demagogue and make fun of and run against the “Big ...