On March 6, the GOP House leaders let their new prize, party-switching freshman Parker Griffith, deliver the weekly radio address for their party. Yesterday, Republican voters delivered a different message to Griffith. He lost in the GOP primary:
Five months after U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith switched parties, the voters of North Alabama switched congressmen.That's quite a first (and only) term for Griffith. He was a lousy, unreliable Democrat anyway and even the GOPers don't want him.
On Tuesday, Republican challenger and long-time conservative Mo Brooks handily won the three-way GOP primary, earning 35,712 votes, or 51 percent, and sending the incumbent home. Brooks avoided a runoff by about 600 votes.
Griffith received 23,495 votes, or 33 percent, and former Navy pilot Les Phillip earned 11,066 votes, or 16 percent.
Also, in Alabama, Congressman Artur Davis, who voted against most of the Democratic agenda items in the House (including health care reform), lost in the Democratic gubernatorial primary to Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks.
