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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:52 Written by rslcpol Friday, 4 June 2010 01:46
From MontgomeryAdvertiser:
A vote Alabama legislators cast more than three years ago to raise their pay by 61 percent is being viewed as a cause for the defeat of several incumbents in Tuesday’s party primaries.
Political observers say more lawmakers could lose their jobs in the November general election because of the vote, taken in 2007.
“I can’t believe any challenger will waste the chance to point out that the incumbent voted for a pay raise for himself,” said retired University of Alabama political scientist William Stewart.
Four-term Republican state Rep. Mac Gipson of Prattville said Thursday he has no doubt that voting for the pay hike was a reason why he lost to Prattville attorney Paul Beckman by 60 percent to 40 percent.
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