The Alabama Supreme Court
While campaign spending tends to be lower on primaries, (Hall) noted that Alabama Democrats have no contested appellate court primaries and will offer only one high court candidate in November. Hall said that the significant donors who once kept Democratic candidates competitive in statewide judicial elections have most likely become discouraged. He said Ohio has seen a similar pattern.
"I think it's really evidence that the Democrats and some of the trial lawyers and unions that have given heavily in the past simply are retreating from the field," he said. "The Democrats have spent million of dollars over the past decade and have nothing to show for it in the appellate courts in Alabama."