Richard Craig Shelby is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 1987 to 2023. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994,he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2018 to 2021. He previously chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee,the Senate Banking Committee,and the Senate Rules Committee. He was the longest-serving U.S. senator from Alabama,surpassing John Sparkman's record in March 2019.
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito is an American politician and retired educator serving in her second term as the junior United States senator from West Virginia,a post she has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,Capito served seven terms as the U.S. representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2001 to 2015. The daughter of three-term West Virginia governor Arch Alfred Moore Jr.,she is the dean of West Virginia's congressional delegation.
Thomas Hawley Tuberville is an American politician and retired college football coach who is the senior United States senator from Alabama,a seat he has held since 2021. Before entering politics,Tuberville was the head football coach at Auburn University from 1999 to 2008. He was also the head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1995 to 1998,Texas Tech University from 2010 to 2012,and the University of Cincinnati from 2013 to 2016.
Thomas Wayne Butler is a politician,and member of the Alabama Senate. He represents the 2nd District as a member of the Republican Party. Senate District 2 encompasses east Limestone County and western Madison County. It includes the cities of Athens,Huntsville and Madison.
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.
Adelbert Carl "Del" Marsh is a former Republican member of the Alabama Senate,who represented the 12th District from 1998 until 2022. He defeated Democratic challenger Judge Wallace Wyatt in the 2010 midterm elections. The next day,he was chosen as President pro tempore of the Alabama State Senate by his colleagues. Since the succession of Kay Ivey to the position of Governor of Alabama on April 10,2017,until January 14,2019,the office of lieutenant governor was vacant.
James Thomas "Jabo" Waggoner Jr. is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,representing the 16th District since 1990. Waggoner was born on January 8,1937. He received his B.A. from Birmingham Southern College and his J.D. from the Birmingham School of Law.
Cam Ward is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,representing District 14 from 2010 to 2020. He previously represented District 49 of the Alabama House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010.
Greg Reed is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,representing the 5th District since 2010. He defeated Democrat Brett Wadsworth in the 2010 midterm elections to replace Charles Bishop in the 5th District. As of 2021,he is the Alabama State Senate's president pro tempore.
Larry Collins Stutts is a member of the Alabama State Senate. He represents the 6th district,which includes Colbert,Franklin,and part of Limestone counties. He was first elected in 2014,beating incumbent Roger Bedford Jr.
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 becoming a Republican in 1994. 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.
Timothy Ivan Melson is an American politician and physician. A member of the Republican Party,he serves in the Alabama State Senate,representing its 1st district since 2014.
Steve Livingston is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he has served in the Alabama Senate,representing the 8th district since 2014. In 2023,his Republican colleagues elected him Majority Leader of the Alabama Senate following the resignation of Clay Scofield.
Gordon Douglas Jones is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Jones was previously the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1997 to 2001. He is the most recent Democrat to win and/or hold statewide office in Alabama.
Shay Shelnutt is an American politician and current member of the Alabama State Senate,representing the 17th District.
Will Ainsworth is an American politician serving as the 31st lieutenant governor of Alabama since 2019. He previously served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018,representing its 27th district.
The 2022 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey took office on April 10,2017,upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley (R) and won a full term in 2018. In 2022,she won her bid for a second full term in a landslide.
Katie Elizabeth Britt is an American politician and attorney serving since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Alabama. A member of the Republican Party,Britt is the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama and the youngest Republican woman to be elected to the Senate. She was president and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama from 2019 to 2021,and was chief of staff for her Senate predecessor,Richard Shelby,from 2016 to 2018.
The 2022 Alabama Senate elections took place on November 8,2022,as part of the 2022 United States elections. Alabama voters elected state senators in all 35 of the state's Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alabama Senate in Montgomery.
The 2022 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Alabama. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections,including for Governor of Alabama. Primary elections were held on May 24,with runoffs scheduled for June 21 if a candidate failed to receive a majority of the vote.
