Former Miss America running for Alabama House seat As a Democrat
Source: The Hill
Former Miss America Mallory Hagan will run for an Alabama House seat as a Democrat.
The 29-year-old on Tuesday announced on her website that she will run for Alabama's 3rd Congressional District, which is currently held by 16-year incumbent Rep. Mike Rogers (R).
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Hagan, who was Miss New York 2012 and Miss America 2013, currently works as a news anchor for WLTZ 38 in Columbus, Ga.
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Hagan joined two other former Miss Americas in calling on the pageant's CEO and other top officials to step down after leaked emails revealed them making disparaging and inappropriate comments about former pageant winners.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/371442-2013-miss-america-running-for-house-in-alabama?amp&__twitter_impression=true
edbermac
(15,947 posts)Nah...too old.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Ohiogal
(32,091 posts)Her quoting a famous African American woman?
brooklynite
(94,745 posts)Rogers won his last two elections by 33 pts.
RussBLib
(9,037 posts)Go Dems
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Gerrymandering district it going to be almost impossible task for a Dem to win. If the the Douig Jones election had been decided by CD's he would have lost 8 to one.
Cha
(297,733 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,314 posts)Not gonna play in Alabama
BumRushDaShow
(129,554 posts)where the media market appears to be western GA and eastern AL (where AL-3 is).
7962
(11,841 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,554 posts)Am guessing she may be (or will be) living in AL and commuting to the station.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,314 posts)But hey, if she's done it, more power to her
7962
(11,841 posts)I have a friend who has been "Miss _______" of 3 different cities
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)DAMANgoldberg
(1,278 posts)This district goes as far north as Calhoun County (Anniston, Jacksonville, Oxford). A good deal of it is in the Birmingham TV Market #45 and a small part of Montgomery #127. Columbus is #123 and that includes Lee County, home of Auburn and Opelika (WDE).
h/t: Wikipedia
raven mad
(4,940 posts)My daughter says she is inside as well.