TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF VOLUMEVOLUMEME 12112121 | ISSUE 5252 ALABAMA SINCE 1894 Football Notebook 3 Homecoming 8 Sonic Frontiers 10 Coming off a bye week, the Homecoming is drawing Sonic Frontiers, a New Alabama Crimson Tide is near, but this year’s College-sponsored preparing for its last road trip festivities will be a bit series, will hold its of the regular season, a night different from previous first remote concert game in Death Valley against years. The Tide Division Wednesday when UA and LSU. Left tackle Cam Robinson will allow small groups or University of Colorado is recovering from an ankle individuals to compete in musicians collaborate sprain, but may play Saturday. homecoming as well. over the Internet. NEWS | ELECTIONS 2014 BALLOT BREAKDOWN Statewide executive offi ces contested, congressional candidates unopposed ROBERT BENTLEY VS PARKER GRIFFITH By Andy McWhorter and Katie Shepherd | CW Staff REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT Alabamians across the state will head to the polls Tuesday Robert Bentley is Alabama’s 53rd and current Parker Griffith is a former representative to the to cast their votes in the 2014 elections. When voters in governor. He was elected in 2010 after defeating United States House of Representatives for Tuscaloosa County step into the booths, they will have a then-Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Alabama’s 5th congressional district. Griffith was chance to vote on four statewide executive offices, five amend- Ron Sparks by 17 percent of the vote. Bentley elected in 2008 as a Democrat, but switched to ments to the state constitution and several other local offices. promised he would not accept a salary as the Republican Party in 2009. He ran for Polls across Alabama will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. governor until the state of Alabama reached full re-election in 2010, but was defeated in the Tuesday. Registered voters can look up their polling location at alabamavotes.gov. Starting in 2014, voters will be employment, defined as less than 5.2 percent Republican primary by current Representative Mo required to provide a valid photo ID. unemployment. To date, he has not accepted a Brooks. Griffith returned to the Democratic salary as governor. Before beginning his career in Party in early 2014. Griffith was a physician U.S. Congress The United States Senate is up for grabs this year, but the politics, Bentley established his own dermatology before embarking on his political career. composition of Congress will not be decided in Alabama. Sen. practice in Tuscaloosa. Jeff Sessions, Republican, is running unopposed for an office he has held since 1996. Rep. Terri Sewell, Democrat from LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Alabama’s 7th District, is also running unopposed. Sewell is currently the only Democrat in Alabama’s congressional del- KAY IVEY REPUBLICANVS DEMOCRAT JAMES FIELDS egation. She first took office in 2011 after winning 72.4 per- Kay Ivey is Alabama’s 30th and current lieutenant governor. James Fields is a former representative in the Alabama House cent of the vote, becoming the first black woman elected to Congress from Alabama. She was elected in 2010 when she defeated incumbent Jim of Representatives. Fields worked as a supervisor for the Folsom, Jr. by 3 percent of the vote. Ivey was state treasurer Alabama Department of Industrial Relations for nearly 30 years Governor of Alabama before she was elected lieutenant governor. and is a minister in the United Methodist Church. Incumbent Robert Bentley, Republican, will face Parker Griffith, Democrat, in Alabama’s 2014 gubernatorial ATTORNEY GENERAL elections. Bentley, a physician from Tuscaloosa, was elected to the office after defeating then-Commissioner LUTHER STRANGE REPUBLICANVS DEMOCRAT JOE HUBBARD of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks in 2010. Luther J. Strange III is Alabama’s 49th and current attorney Joseph Lister Hubbard is currently a member of the Alabama Parker Griffith is a former representative to the United States House of Representatives for Alabama’s general. He was elected in 2010 after defeating Democratic House of Representatives. His campaign platforms include 5th congressional district. Griffith was elected in 2008 candidate James H. Anderson with 60.1 percent of the vote. support for small businesses, support for Alabama’s education Photos from Wikimedia Commons. CW / Belle Newby Wikimedia Commons. Photos from as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party During his first term as attorney general, Strange focused his system and ethics reform within Alabama’s state government. in 2009. He ran for re-election in 2010, but was defeated attention on public corruption and consumer vulnerability to in the Republican primary by current Representative cybercrime. Mo Brooks. Griffith returned to the Democratic Party in early 2014. SECRETARY OF STATE State Executive Races JOHN MERRILL REPUBLICANVS DEMOCRAT LULA ALBERT-KAIGLER Several other statewide executive offices will also be contested Tuesday. John Merrill is a member of the Alabama House of Lula Albert-Kaigler ran uncontested for the Democratic Incumbent Kay Ivey, Republican, will face James Fields, Representatives representing District 62. He previously nomination for Secretary of State in the June 3 primaries. She Democrat, to decide Alabama’s next lieutenant general. served as chairman for the Republican Party and has served previously ran for election to the U.S. House of Representatives In what has been one of the more contentious races in as an executive committee member for the State Republican in 2013 representing the 1st Congressional District of Alabama this year, incumbent Luther Strange, Republican, Executive Committee since 2009. Alabama and was defeated by Burton LeFlore in the primary elections. SEE MIDTERMS PAGE 7 INSIDE briefs 2 news 3 opinions 4 culture 8 sports 10 CONTACT email [email protected] website cw.ua.edu twitter @TheCrimsonWhite TUESDAY 2 November 4, 2014 SCENE ON CAMPUS From left, Bridget Stubblefi eld, a junior from Nashville, Tennessee, majoring in nursing; Rachel Hill, a junior from Zeigler, Illinois, majoring in exercise science; and Lynne Harris, a sophomore from Dallas, Texas, majoring in accounting, play Spikeball on the Quad. CW / Layton Dudley TODAY’S EVENTS CAMPUS BRIEFS P.O. Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: 348-6144 | Fax: 348-8036 Flu shots Alabama soccer falls in first round of SEC tournament Advertising: 348-7845 WHAT: Free Flu Shots No. 7 seed Alabama lost 3-2 to No. 10 fi nal sealing the win in the 81st minute. EDITORIAL WHEN: 7-11:30 a.m. seed Tennessee in the fi rst round of the SEC Alabama fi nished with a 10-7-3 record on the editor-in-chief Deanne Winslett WHERE: Gorgas Library Tournament Monday night. season and 5-5-2 in conference play. [email protected] The Crimson Tide took a 1-0 lead after Ally managing editor Christopher Edmunds Ocon scored in the 17th minute. Theresa Died- production editor Andy McWhorter Express advising erich extended the lead to 2-0 in the 52nd minute. Tennessee scored three unanswered goals, the Compiled by Kelly Ward visuals editor Sloane Arogeti WHAT: Arts & Sciences express online editor Maria Beddingfield advising WHEN: 2-4 p.m opinions editor Patrick Crowley WHERE: 205 Gorgas Library Cooper, Collins named semifinalists for national awards chief copy editor Beth Lindly Junior wide receiver Amari Cooper was named Alabama’s defense has the No. 2 passing defense news editor Rachel Brown a semifi nalist to the Maxwell Award, which recog- and No. 4 total defense in the country. Collins leads culture editor Reed O’Mara Global Café nizes the Collegiate Player of the Year. Cooper has the team with two interceptions and fi ve pass WHAT: Afternoons at Global Café: 71 receptions for 1,132 yards. He holds the school breakups. He is second on the team with 54 total sports editor Kelly Ward Coffee, Tea, and Conversation records in receiving touchdowns and career 100- tackles, including 26 unassisted. 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