HOMEWOOD (AP) — A sponsor of Alabama's new immigration law, state Sen. Scott Beason of Gardendale, will run for Congress against 6th District incumbent Spencer Bachus in the Republican primary March 13. Beason will formally announce his bid at a news conference Thursday morning at state Republican Party headquarters in Homewood. Spokesman Chris Brown said that Beason will run for the seat. Bachus was elected to Congress in 1992 to represent a large part of Birmingham and surrounding areas. Beason was a key figure in Alabama's gambling corruption trial last summer. He wore a recording device to help the FBI investigate whether campaign contributions were being swapped for votes on pro-gambling legislation, but he recorded himself referring to black customers at dog tracks as "aborigines." He later apologized.
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