Joshua Steven Segall is an attorney at Copeland Franco in Montgomery, Alabama. Segall is the son of a Bobby Segall, an accomplished Alabama attorney also practicing at Copeland Franco and champion of the Legal Services Corporation of Alabama.

2008

Segall' was the Democratic

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 nominee for the 2008 election for the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2008

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 from Alabama's 3rd congressional district

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. The incumbent was Republican

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 Mike D. Rogers

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.

After Segall reported a strong second quarter of fundraising in July 2008, in which he actually outraised Rogers, the Cook Political Report

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moved the seat from "Solid Republican" to "Likely Republican", then later moved it back to "Solid Republican". CQ Politics forecasts it as 'Republican Favored'. He lost the election by a margin of 53% for Rogers and 47% for Segall.

2010

In April 2009, Segall announced he would again challenge Rogers in the 2010 election cycle. Getting an earlier start than in the 2008 cycle, by December 31, 2009, Segall had $311,000 in total receipts however incumbent Rogers had $641,000 in receipts. At that time no major primary competition was facing Segall.

However, on April 2, 2010 Segall dropped out of the campaign before the June 1 primary, which allowed Steve Segrest to run uncontested against Rogers in the general election. Rogers defeated Democratic nominee Steve Segrest.

External links

• Joshua Segall for U.S. Congress official campaign website

• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Profile from SourceWatch
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