Baldwin County Democrats Newsletter September, 2025

Sept. 7,2025

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Time To Take a Victory Lap!

Baldwin County Dems Win Big in Bay Minette,

Make National Headlines Calling Out Barry Moore

'Back Door Moore'

Goes Viral

A ten-minute Morning Joe segment with John Meacham and Deadline Whitehouse on MSNBC.

Yahoo and NBC News streams.

Al.com and Lagniappe locally.

And then Sunday evening - Baldwin County Dems and Indivisible Baldwin County seized the Holy Grail of Media placement - the network nightly news. ABC Evening News featured a brief clip of Baldwin County constituents in a piece about deportations without due process.

(Click on the buttons below for footage highlights).

What happened in Baldwin County to grab this kind of national attention? The same thing that happened all over the country as GOP Reps on August recess faced angry constituents at home.

"Back Door Moore" lived up to his nickname in Daphne Wednesday evening as Baldwin County constituents talked back to GOP talking points on immigration, tariffs and the Big Bad Bill.

BCD is usually a pretty polite crowd. But most weren't able to hold their tongues when Moore came on with the double talk at what was meant to be a scripted town hall Aug. 27.

"I wasn't going to sit there and listen to his lies and misstatements like they were true," said Holly Parks, one of Moore's most vocal hecklers.

Moore is running for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Tommy Tuberville, who is running for Alabama governor. Jerry Carl, who lost to Tuberville in 2020, is running to reclaim the Congressional District seat he held for many years before that.

"Sitting quietly and listening politely to their BS got us to this point," said one BCD member in the crowd. "The time for that is over."

BCD and Indivisible Baldwin County members Catherine and Justin Quinley, Mette Hjermind McCall and Scott McNair captured the moment with cell phone videos and sent it to general news tip email lines at national TV stations.

"Once it got picked up it spread on its own," McNair said.

Do we see a campaign ad for Democratic Senate contenders Kyle Sweetser, Mark Wheeler and Dakarai Larriett?

Blue-Backed Mayor

and Councilmen

Make History with Bay Minette Wins

“We’ve made some tremendous history,” said Bay Minette Mayor-elect Josh Brown. “First black and the youngest mayor."

"And, it proves that there are some critical-thinking people in Bay Minette who want to move forward and want Bay Minette to be that shining light.”

There's no doubt the former BCD VP is making history. But he maintain his focus is on the people.

“I’m a mayor for everybody,” Brown said. “This election was chosen by black, white, Hispanic and all those in between because we collectively want unity in our city. “

The Bay Minette brigade won by impressive margins: Brown by 54 percent and Thompson by 62 percent.

The Moms 4 Liberty slate of candidates were largely defeated in Fairhope. Four out of five lost to the incumbents. Unfortunately Corey Martin lost to Josh Gammon, but in the overall, this was a resounding rebuttal of the "Fairhope Faith Collective" the M4L rebrand.

Daphne District 3 candidate Steve McArthur is headed for a Sept. 23 runoff with MAGA candidate Stephanie Messinger, 144-195. BCD will be looking for donations and canvassers to mount a strong opposition to Messinger, who is the co-chair of the local GOP and has bragged about her Republican support.

Please see Action Item below to help save this city council seat from ultra-Conservative candidate

City Election Turnout

Remains Low

Nearly 30 percent (28.8) of registered

Bay Minette voters turned out at the polls Aug. 26, probably the highest in the county, topping Fairhope's 25 percent.

Daphne's city election turnout was about 12.5 percent and Foley's was only about 7 percent.

See MSNBC Moore Segment

See ABC Evening News Moore Segment

127 protesters lined Highway 59 in Foley Labor Day morning, collecting food donations to help our immigrant friends, who are under siege by Trump ICE forces. The rally was organized by Indivisible Baldwin County and attended by many Baldwin County Democrats.

The next protest will be Oct. 18 with the 'No King's Day" theme. Watch for details.

Action Item of the Month

What is the most important thing you can do to support Democratic values in Baldwin County this month?

Please join us to take Steve's message to voters' doors

Why should I work in Daphne if I don't live there?

You donated money to this campaigns through your contibutions and ticket purchases
You want to support Dem-backed candidates
You want to put Progressive voices in city government
You know that issues like runaway development, environment and personal liberties don't stop at the city limits
You want to stop ultra-right candidates from controlling community conversations

Please sign up here to work on Steve McArthur's runoff campaign

BCDEC Taps John Sloan as VP

The Baldwin County Executive Committee extends a warm welcome to our new Vice Chair John Sloan.

A life-long progressive Democrat and overall political junkie, Sloan was born, raised, and attended school in Detroit. He earned a B.S. ('80) and M.S. ('82) in criminal justice and political science from Eastern Michigan University.

John joined the faculty of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1988 and remained there until his retirement in 2016. While at UAB, John served as director of two graduate programs (one of which he co-founded), as department chair (2003-2015), and was co-founder and director of the UAB Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics one of 13 University-Wide Research Centers (UWRCs) at UAB and the only forensics-based research center in Alabama. He also served on the founding committee for, and was a senior scientist with, the UAB Institute for Human Rights (

He is author or co-author of 10 books, the latest of which (2024) is Cops on Campus: Rethinking Safety and Confronting Police Violence (University of Washington Press). Widely considered an expert on campus police and professional ethics, he has been featured dozens of times in print and electronic media outlets including Alabama Public Television, BBC World News, Fox News, CBS news, NBC news, MSNBC, NPR's former Morning Edition, the New York Times and the Washington Post.

John and his spouse, Tavis Hardin-Sloan ,a former Birmingham City Schools science teacher, assistant principal, and principal, have lived in Orange Beach full-time since 2016. When not volunteering to save the sea turtles (or the country from autocracy), the couple enjoys spending time with their two cats (Simone and Scout) and their Whippet, Savannah, gardening at their community plot, boating, and finding new restaurants to enjoy along the Alabama Gulf Coast.

Upcoming

Events

The Eastern Shore Dems are hosting a meeting at 6:30 pm on September 25 at the Fairhope Unitarian Church. We will have Alabama Democratic Party Vice President Tabitha Isner speak about her exciting new project called Atlas for Democracy.

Tabitha Isner brings a unique blend of civic passion, religious commitment, and data-informed policy expertise to her work.

An ordained minister and lifelong public servant, she holds dual Master’s degrees in Divinity and Public Policy from the University of Chicago, following a Bachelor’s in Psychology and Language–Culture–Cognition from Washington University in St. Louis.

Her career spans meaningful roles in early childhood development research, strategic planning for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, and business analysis support the childcare and early learning workforce.

Motioning beyond traditional politics, Tabitha founded Atlas for Democracy, a growing national network that equips local leaders to build community-grounded, values-driven civic infrastructure—places like clubs and councils that outlast election cycles and strengthen democratic norms at their roots. As a leader rooted in faith, civic trust, and intentional movement-building, she’s poised to inspire us this month with her vision of democracy that grows from the ground up.

Baldwin County Democrats Executive Committee Meeting

Mon., Sept. 15

6 p.m. by Zoom

All Baldwin County Democrats Welcome

Only Executive Committee Votes

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