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Holley Betrays the People of His District
MONTGOMERY – Democrats across the Wiregrass who have worked hard for Senator Jimmy Holley over the past 25 years are disappointed and angry at his decision today. In 2002, and most recently in June and November of 2006, Democrats came to the rescue of Jimmy Holley's political career helping him pull narrow victories for the Alabama Senate. His action cannot be based on any motive other than personality clashes with other senators and the need to publicly settle a political score. The Democratic Party did not leave Senator Holley; Senator Holley left the Democratic Party.Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Joe Turnham says Democrats are at this very moment moving and building in Senator Holley's district and throughout the Wiregrass to actively, and with great motivation, seek to return this seat to the Democratic column. "It is not the will of the voters that he is a Republican today, but by his own private decision. If he wants to test that decision with the voters, he should resign and ask Governor Riley to call a special election and let the people decide if they approve of his actions."
Senator Holley's consistent alignment with the Republican minority in the Senate will not change and his decision will solidify his reputation in that body as one of obstruction and not one of cooperative progress and only serve to hurt the people of his district.
