BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The chairman of the national Democratic Party, Howard Dean, will be in Birmingham on Oct. 8 for a fund raising reception benefiting Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Five Republican candidates for statewide office will begin Monday a statewide bus tour that will take them to all of Alabama’s 67 counties in five weeks.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP)—Candidates for president of the Alabama Public Service Commission are picking up endorsements as they head toward the general election on Nov. 4.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP)—Alabama Secretary of State is predicting a record number of voters will turn out in Alabama for the Nov. 4 general election.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP)—Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain won’t be the only presidential candidates listed on Alabama’s ballot Nov. 4.

ST. PAUL, Minn .— Given the amount of enthusiasm on the convention floor where John McCain will accept the Republican nomination tonight, you’d never know this election is likely to be the toughest for the party in years.