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 is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee where he served as the Ranking Member from 2021 to 2023 and as the Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee from 2019 to 2021.
Robert Brown Aderholt is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of Tuscaloosa County north of the Black Warrior River,as well as Birmingham's far northern suburbs in Walker County and the southern suburbs of Huntsville and Decatur.
Albert Preston Brewer was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who served as the 47th governor of Alabama from 1968 to 1971. He previously served as the lieutenant governor of Alabama,the speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives,and as an Alabama state representative representing Morgan County from 1955 to 1967.
The government of Alabama is organized under the provisions of the 2022 Constitution of Alabama. Like other states within the United States,Alabama's government is divided into executive,judicial,and legislative branches. Also like any other state,these three branches serve a specific purpose in terms of power.
The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature,the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts,with each constituency containing at least 42,380 citizens. There are no term limits in the House. The House is also one of the five lower houses of state legislatures in the United States that is elected every four years. Other lower houses,including the United States House of Representatives,are elected for a two-year term.
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.
Arthur Orr is an American politician serving in the Alabama State Senate and as the Executive Vice President for Cook's Pest Control. First elected in 2006,he is currently Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee. He previously served as Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee. Born in Decatur Alabama,Orr is an alumnus of Wake Forest University,where he received a Bachelor of Arts,and the University of Alabama School of Law,where he received a Juris Doctor degree.
Kay Ellen Ivey is an American politician who is the 54th governor of Alabama,serving 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.
Tyler August is an American politician and legislator. He is the majority leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2023 and previously served as the chamber's speaker pro tempore. A Republican,he was first elected to the Assembly in 2010,representing eastern Walworth County.
Henry Victor Gaston is an American politician. He was the Acting Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives.
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 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey (R),who took office on April 10,2017,upon the resignation of Robert Bentley (R) ran for election to a full term and won over Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox. Ivey was sworn in for her first full term on January 14,2019. This was the first time since 1966 that a woman was elected Governor of Alabama.
Nathaniel Ledbetter is an American politician who has served as the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives since 2023. He represents Alabama's 24th House district,which includes parts of DeKalb County,since his election in 2014. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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.
Justin Andrew Sorrell is an American politician who is the incumbent State Auditor of Alabama,serving since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022,representing the 3rd district,which includes the northwestern counties of Colbert and Lawrence.
Robert Julian Ivey is an American politician serving as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 47A in Prince George's County.
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.
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.
James S. Madison was an American politician and planter. He was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1890 to 1892.
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 was 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.
