I'm liking the fact that the AA's are mixing it up. Looks like he has a good chance. Plus, I really like his smile.
Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) kicked off his bid to become the first African American governor of Alabama, promising to bring jobs to a state with a wounded manufacturing industry.
Davis kicked off his campaign to replace term-limited Gov. Bob Riley (R) in front of a crowd at a major park in Birmingham, the population center of his district. American Idol winner Ruben Studdard, a Birmingham native, sang for supporters, estimated by local media at about 500 people.
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Davis released polling last month that showed him beating both Sparks and Cobb by more than two-to-one margins. Davis will be helped by the state's heavy African American population, which will likely make up more than 50 percent of the Democratic primary electorate; both Sparks and Cobb are white.
Alabama is one of the nation's most conservative states nationally, but it has elected Democratic governors for much of the 20th century. Three Republicans have served a total of five terms since 1987, but Gov. Guy Hunt (R), elected in 1986, was the state's first GOP governor since Reconstruction.
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