On Tuesday, Andrew Sneed bested Candice Duvieilh in the Democratic primary runoff for Alabama’s 5th Congressional District, making him the state Democratic Party’s official nominee.
According to the unofficial results Tuesday night, Sneed received more than 75 percent of votes case, while Duvieilh received around 22 percent of the total. At the time of publication, around 95 percent of votes had been counted.
“Words cannot adequately express how humbled and grateful I am for the tremendous hard work and dedication of all those throughout North Alabama who came together to energize our community to get out the vote,” Sneed wrote in a statement after the Associated Press and other organizations called the election in his favor…