John Jackson Sparkman was an American jurist and politician from the state of Alabama. A Southern Democrat,Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946 and the United States Senate from 1946 until 1979. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1952 presidential election.
Charles Joseph Scarborough is an American television host,attorney,political commentator,and former politician who is the co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC with his wife Mika Brzezinski. He previously hosted Scarborough Country on the same network. A former member of the Republican Party,Scarborough served in the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 1st district from 1995 to 2001. He was appointed to the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce in 2002. and was a visiting fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He was named in the 2011 Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world.
Josiah Robins Bonner Jr. is an American academic administrator and former politician who currently serves as the fourth president of the University of South Alabama. He was previously the U.S. representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from Congress on August 2,2013,to take a job with the University of Alabama. He served as Chief of Staff to Alabama governor Kay Ivey from 2019 to 2021,before becoming the president of the University of South Alabama. He was officially inaugurated in December 2021.
Michael Dennis Rogers is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 3rd congressional district since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party of Alabama. Rogers served as the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee from 2021 to 2023 and as the Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee from 2019 to 2021.
In American politics,a conservative Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party with more conservative views than most Democrats. Traditionally,conservative Democrats have been elected to office from the Southern states,rural areas,the Rust Belt,and the Midwest. In 2019,the Pew Research Center found that 14% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters identify as conservative or very conservative,38% identify as moderate,and 47% identify as liberal or very liberal.
Ronnie Gene Flippo is an American politician and accountant who served seven terms as a United States Congressman from Alabama from 1977 to 1991.
Steven Brett Guthrie is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 2nd congressional district since 2009. The district is in central Kentucky and includes Fort Knox,Owensboro,Bowling Green,and Danville. Guthrie previously served as a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate.
Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,she has served since 2011 as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district,which includes most of the Black Belt,as well as most of the predominantly black portions of Birmingham,Tuscaloosa,and Montgomery.
Gary James Palmer is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district since 2015. His district includes the wealthier parts of Birmingham,as well as most of its suburbs. Before becoming an elected official,Palmer co-founded and served as the longtime president of the Alabama Policy Institute,a conservative think tank.
Stephen Albert McMillan was an American politician and real estate broker. From 1980 until his death,he was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives representing the 95th District,first serving as a Democrat before switching to the Republican Party in 1989. He was first elected to succeed his twin brother,John McMillan. At the time of his death,he was the longest-serving member of the Alabama House of Representatives.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama. Incumbent Senator Richard Shelby was first elected in 1986 and re-elected in 1992 as a Democrat before switching to Republican in 1994. In his most recent election in 2016,he was re-elected with 64% of the vote over Democrat Ron Crumpton. In February 2021,Shelby announced that he would not seek re-election to a seventh term,which resulted in the first open Senate seat since 1996 and the first in this seat since 1968.
Brett Joseph Talley is an American lawyer and author who served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice. In September 2017,he was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. His nomination drew controversy due to his lack of judicial experience,partisan personal blogging,and failure to disclose that he was married to Ann Donaldson,the chief of staff to White House counsel Don McGahn. He became the third judicial nominee since 1989 to receive a unanimous rating of "not qualified" from the American Bar Association. On December 13,2017,Talley withdrew his name from consideration for the appointment.
Jerry Lee Carl Jr. is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district since 2021. The district is based in Mobile,and includes all of the state's share of the Gulf Coast. A Republican,Carl served as a member of the Mobile County Commission from 2012 to 2020,the last two years as president of the commission.
John Tracy Estes is an American politician from the state of Alabama. He currently represents Alabama's 17th District in the Alabama House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party.
Dale Whitney Strong is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district since 2023. His district includes much of North Alabama,including the city of Huntsville. A member of the Republican Party,Strong served on the Madison County Commission starting in 1996,and was its chairman from 2012 to 2023.
Matt Simpson is an American politician currently serving in his first term in the Alabama House of Representatives for House District 96,which he was elected to in November 2018.
The 2022 Alabama House of Representatives elections were held on November 8,2022. The Republican and Democratic primaries were held on May 24,2022,and any races in which no candidate exceeded one-half plus one of the total votes advanced to a runoff on June 21,2022. This is the first election cycle since 2002 in which the Libertarian Party of Alabama was on the ballot,as they exceeded the threshold for petition signatures needed to gain ballot access in Alabama. Libertarian candidates were nominated by party convention. All 105 of Alabama's state representatives were up for reelection. In Alabama,members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate serve four-year terms,running in years corresponding with presidential midterm elections.
Charles Harold Busby is an American politician,engineer,and businessman serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 111th district. He assumed office in 2012.
Rick Rehm is an American politician who serves in the Alabama House of Representatives,representing the 85th district since 2022. A member of the Republican Party,Rehm represents a district that includes both Henry County and Houston County.
