Alabama: Hilliard Poll Shows He’s Running a Close 2nd

• By John McArdle
• Roll Call Staff
• Oct. 20, 2009, Midnight

While Birmingham attorney Terri Sewell is leaving her competitors in the dust when it comes to fundraising for the open 7th district seat, a new poll commissioned by state Rep. Earl Hilliard Jr. shows that he and Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Smoot are the early frontrunners in the Democratic primary.