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poll out today shows that Larry Darby, a Libertarian attorney running as a Democrat in Tuesday's primary for attorney general, is virtually tied with the district attorney for Mobile County, John Tyson. The poll -- with a 5% MOE -- shows Tyson with 16% and Darby with 14%. A whopping 70% are undecided.
- Attorney general: Most voters have not paid much attention to the Democratic and Republican contests to pick nominees for this law enforcement office. Nearly half of the GOP primary voters are undecided, but most of the rest prefer appointed incumbent Troy King over Montgomery lawyer Mark Montiel.
On the Democratic side, nearly three-quarters of the voters are undecided, and Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson and Montgomery lawyer Larry Darby are virtually even.
This is important because Darby is a
racist and a Holocaust denier.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A Democratic candidate for attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said today he will speak this weekend to a "pro-white" organization this weekend.
Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.
The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and is considering what to do about his candidacy.
Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140-thousand Jewish people died in Europe during World War Two, and he believes most of them succumbed to typhus.
And yet, the state Democratic Party has refused to remove him from the ballot.
Larry Darby, seeking the party`s nomination for attorney general, denies the Holocaust occurred and recently spoke at a gathering of National Vanguard, which describes itself as a "pro-white" organization.
State party chairman Joe Turnham said both are "so far out" that neither has a shot at winning and to attempt to remove them from the ballot at this point could provide ammunition for a legal challenge.
So the state party chairman says Darby is just too extreme to ever win. He better keep his fingers crossed because this is a race where neither candidate is well known. Three-quarters of the voters are undecided the weekend before the primary. In other words, anything can happen.
And while whoever wins the primary faces an uphill fight against the Republican incumbent in November, the stain on Democrats should Darby be picked to represent the party would be profound.