Lurleen Burns Wallace was the 46th governor of Alabama for 15 months from January 1967 until her death. She was the first wife of Alabama governor George Wallace,whom she succeeded as governor because the Alabama constitution forbade consecutive terms. She was Alabama's first female governor and was the only female governor to hold the position until Kay Ivey became the second woman to succeed to the office in 2017. She is also the only female governor in U.S. history to have died in office. In 1973,she was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.
Forrest Hood "Fob" James Jr. is an American civil engineer,entrepreneur,football player,and politician. He served as the 48th governor of Alabama,first as a Democrat,1979–1983,and secondly as a Republican,1995–1999.
Lucy Mae Bruner Baxley Smith was an American politician who served from 2003 to 2007 as the 28th lieutenant governor of Alabama and from 2009 until 2013 as President of the Alabama Public Service Commission. She was the first woman to hold the state's office of lieutenant governor. In 2006,she was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor. In 2008,Lucy Baxley was elected President of the Alabama Public Service Commission,and was the only Democrat to win statewide that year. Until Democrat Doug Jones's victory over Republican Roy Moore in the 2017 U.S. Senate special election,Baxley had been the most recent Democrat to hold statewide office in Alabama.
The 2002 Alabama gubernatorial election was held on November 5. The race pitted incumbent Governor Don Siegelman,a Democrat,against Representative Bob Riley,a Republican,and Libertarian nominee John Sophocleus.
The Alabama Republican Party is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Alabama. It is the dominant political party in Alabama. The state party is governed by the Alabama Republican Executive Committee. The committee usually meets twice a year. As of the February 23,2019 meeting in Birmingham,the committee is composed of 463 members. Most of the committee's members are elected in district elections across Alabama. The district members are elected in the Republican Primary once every four years,with the most recent election for the committee having been on June 5,2018. The new committee takes office following the general election in November 2018. In addition,all 67 county GOP chairmen have automatic seats as voting members. The state chairman can appoint 10 members. Each county committee can appoint bonus members based on a formula that theoretically could add 312 seats,although that formula currently calls for only about 50 seats.
Vivian Davis Figures is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate,representing the 33rd District in Mobile County since she was elected on January 28,1997 to serve the remaining term of her late husband,Senator Michael Figures,who was the President pro tempore of the Alabama Senate. She was re-elected without opposition in 1998 and 2002.
Philip Joseph was an African American Republican politician and journalist in Reconstruction and Jim Crow-era Alabama.
The Libertarian Party of Alabama (LPA) is the Alabama affiliate of the national Libertarian Party (LP). It is headquartered in Montgomery,Alabama. Due to the high signature requirement to get onto the ballot and the requirement that a party run a statewide candidate that receives at least 20% in order to maintain ballot access the Libertarian Party of Alabama has rarely fielded candidates.
Kay Ellen Ivey is an American politician serving as the 54th and incumbent governor of Alabama since 2017. Originally a conservative Southern Democrat,Ivey became a member of the Republican Party in 2002. She was the 38th Alabama state treasurer from 2003 to 2011 and the 30th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 2011 to 2017.
Bradley Roberts Byrne is an American business attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district from 2014 to 2021. Elected as a member of the state Board of Education as a Democrat in 1994,he became a member of the Republican Party in 1997,and served in the Alabama Senate from 2003 to 2007,representing the state's 32nd district.
Martha Kehres Roby is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,she defeated the incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Bobby Bright in 2010. That year,Roby and Terri Sewell became the first women elected to Congress from Alabama in regular elections. On July 26,2019,Roby announced she would retire from Congress at the end of her fifth term,which ended in 2021.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state,one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. Primary elections were held on March 13,2012;runoff elections were held on April 24.
John Harold Merrill is an American politician serving as the 53rd secretary of state of Alabama since 2015. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2010 through 2014. Merrill is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
The 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama took place on December 12,2017,to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate through the end of the term ending on January 3,2021. The vacancy arose from Jeff Sessions' resignation,on February 8,2017,to serve as the 84th United States attorney general. This was the first open Senate seat in the state since 1996,when Sessions was elected for his first term. Democratic candidate Doug Jones defeated Republican candidate Roy Moore by a margin of 21,924 votes (1.63%). Jones became the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama since 1992.
The 1978 United States Senate special election in Alabama was held on November 7,1978. It was a special election to fill the seat which had been held by Senator Jim Allen,who died on June 1. His widow Maryon was appointed on June 8 by governor George Wallace to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama were held on November 3,2020,to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of Alabama,one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
A United States federal statute honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and his work in the civil rights movement with a federal holiday was enacted by the 98th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 2,1983,creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The final vote in the House of Representatives on August 2,1983,was 338–90 with 5 members voting present or abstaining,while the final vote in the Senate on October 19,1983,was 78–22,both veto-proof margins.
Algernon Johnson Cooper,Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Prichard,Alabama. Cooper was one of the first black elected officials in Prichard,and one of the first black mayors in the modern era.
Angela Veta Russell is an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the Montana House of Representatives from the 99th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Russell participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches and Native American activism. She is a member of the Crow Tribe of Montana.
