REPUBLICANS

District 5: Three Republicans qualified for the seat Charles Bishop is giving up, but one dropped out because of health concerns. Of the two who remain, Thad Turnipseed is the stronger candidate. The Tuscaloosa resident is director of athletic facilities and capital projects for the University of Alabama.

Turnipseed is intent on reaching across the aisle in an effort to get things done. That shouldn’t be such a refreshing, novel idea, but in the gridlocked state Senate, it is. He supports strong ethics and campaign finance reform measures, and writing budgets based on previous years’ experience with tax collections instead of making projections that often are too rosy and result in spending cuts.

Read more here – http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2010/05/our_view_here_are_our_picks_in.html