Bobby Bright

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Bobby Bright
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Alabama's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 2009 January 3, 2011
Democratic Bobby Bright 144,368 50.23%
Republican Jay Love142,57849.61%
Alabama's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Martha Roby 111,645 50.97%
Democratic Bobby Bright106,86548.79%−1.44%
Republican primary results [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Martha Roby (incumbent) 36,708 39.0
Republican Bobby Bright 26,481 28.1
Republican Barry Moore18,17719.3
Republican Rich Hobson7,0527.5
Republican Tommy Amason5,7636.1
Total votes94,181 100.0
Republican primary runoff results [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Martha Roby (incumbent) 48,331 67.9
Republican Bobby Bright22,79532.1
Total votes71,126 100.0

Personal life

Bright is married to retired District Judge Lynn Clardy Bright. They have three children.

References

  1. Bobby Bright profile Archived November 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at CQ Politics
  2. "Bright for Congress 2008". brightforcongress.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008.
  3. Alabama's 2nd District Archived June 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine DCCC
  4. "Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce's Riverfront Development page". Archived from the original on December 9, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2007.
  5. "Central Alabama Business Journal interview with Bobby Bright in August, 2005". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
  6. "Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright to run for Congress". Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  7. Nolin, Jill Profile of Bobby Bright [ full citation needed ] Archived January 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Montgomery Advertiser , May 27, 2008.
  8. "Fellow Church Members, Deacons, Vie for Alabama Congressional Seat". Archived from the original on December 10, 2008.
  9. Reid, Wilson (October 12, 2008). "Ex-GOP candidate backs Bright". Politico. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
  10. U.S. House, Alabama - 2nd District Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine CQ Politics
  11. 2008 Competitive House Race Chart Archived July 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine The Cook Political Report , August 30, 2008
  12. 200 House Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report , November 2, 2008
  13. Orndorff, Mary. Alabama State Rep. Jay Love unlikely to seek recount in 2nd District loss to Bobby Bright. Birmingham News , Nov. 4, 2008.
  14. Democrat Bright wins in Ala. 2nd Dist. [ permanent dead link ] Associated Press via WPMI-TV, Nov. 5, 2008.
  15. "Act Blue" page of Democrats for Life
  16. "MSN". NBC News. July 14, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2018.[ dead link ]
  17. Givens, Matthew (October 18, 2010). "Alabama 2nd Congressional District Recap". Huffington Post.
  18. "Martha Roby defeats Bobby Bright for U.S. House District 2". Alabama.com. Associated Press. November 3, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  19. "Rep. Bobby Bright, Alabama (D) - U.S. Congress". OpenCongress. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  20. "House voting with party scores, 111th Congress". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
  21. "Obama: 'Dramatic action' needed now to fix economy - Yahoo! News". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2009.
  22. Final Vote Results for Roll Call 86. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  23. FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 314. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  24. Final Vote Results for Roll Call 610. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  25. "Final vote results for roll call 887". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  26. "Final vote results for roll call 165". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  27. "State may join in lawsuit over health care bill - The Troy Messenger". The Troy Messenger. March 22, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  28. "The Online Office of Congressman Bobby Bright - House Passes Job-Training Legislation Introduced by Congressman Bright". Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  29. "The Online Office of Congressman Bobby Bright - Small Business". Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  30. Silver, Nate (December 23, 2009). "Politics Done Right: 2009's Most Valuable Democrat Is". FiveThirtyEight. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  31. Jonathon Martin, Josh Kraushaar, Patrick O'Connor (December 24, 2009). "McCain, GOP secretly courting another Dem to switch". Politico. Retrieved July 11, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  32. "Bright rated most conservative Dem". WTVY. February 26, 2010. Archived from the original on March 2, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  33. "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 223". Clerk of the House. April 29, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  34. "2018 Alabama Republican primary election results". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  35. "2018 Alabama Republican primary runoff election results". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Montgomery
1999–2009
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 2nd congressional district

2009–2011
Succeeded by
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former U.S. Representative Order of precedence of the United States
as Former U.S. Representative
Succeeded byas Former U.S. Representative