Patricia Todd is set to be the first openly lesbian member of the AL legislature after beating back a challenge to her win in the Democratic primary runoff (she has no Republican opponent in District 54 which is heavily Dem). She was challenged by her opponent Gaynell Hendricks' mother-in-law for filing her financial disclosure form late, even though no other candidate including her opponent did so and neither has any candidate since passage of the state's 1988 financial disclosure law.
Birmingham Blues has been following the race.
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