Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey won the Alabama GOP gubernatorial primary on May 25, beating a crowded field of Republican candidates.
With an estimated 84 percent of the votes counted at 12:19 a.m. on May 25, Ivey received 55 percent of the vote.
After a governorship that Ivey says improved infrastructure, increased education funding, and saw Alabama create 65,000 new jobs, the incumbent governor beat a crowded field of Republican primary challengers to pursue another term.
That eight candidates chose to run against Ivey is counterintuitive at first glance. Polls from seven months ago show that Ivey was the eighth-most popular governor in America at the time….