Artur Genestre Davis is an American attorney and former politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Alabama's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2011. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Alabama in the 2010 election. After losing in the primary,he moved to Virginia and joined the Republican Party. He rejoined the Democratic Party in 2015,switched to the Republican Party again in 2016,and then back to the Democrats in 2017,in his two attempts to be elected Mayor of Montgomery,Alabama in the 2015 and 2019 elections,losing both times.
George Chauncey Sparks,known as Chauncey Sparks,was an attorney and Democratic American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Alabama from 1943 to 1947. He improved the state education of whites and expanded the state schools and centers for agriculture. He campaigned for passage of the Boswell Amendment to the state constitution,which was designed to keep blacks disfranchised following the US Supreme Court ruling Smith v. Allwright (1944) against the use of white primaries by the Democratic Party in the states.
The Florida Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Florida,headquartered in Tallahassee. Former Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried is the current chair.
Bobby Neal Bright Sr. is an American retired lawyer,farmer,and former politician who served as a U.S. Representative and was previously the three-term Mayor of Montgomery,Alabama. He served from 2009 to 2011 as the Representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district. His 2008 campaign ran on the message of "America First",and his voting record indicated that he was the most conservative member of the House Democratic Caucus in the 111th Congress. His district includes just over half of the city of Montgomery,as well as most of the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern part of the state.
The Alabama Public Service Commission,commonly called the PSC,was established by an act of the Alabama Legislature in 1915 to primarily replace the State Railroad Commission. The PSC's responsibility was expanded in 1920 to include regulating and setting rates that utility companies charge their customers for electricity. The legislature expanded the PSC's responsibilities in later years to include those companies that provide gas,water,and communications,as well as transportation common carriers such as trucking and air carriers. The PSC effectively determines the rate of profits that most of these companies are allowed to earn. However,some of its traditional responsibilities have passed to the federal government with the passage of the Federal Aviation Act of 1994 and the Federal Communications Act of 1996.
The lieutenant governor of Alabama is the president of the Alabama Senate,elected to serve a four-year term. The office was created in 1868,abolished in 1875,and recreated in 1901. According to the current constitution,should the governor be out of the state for more than 20 days,the lieutenant governor becomes acting governor,and if the governor dies,resigns or is removed from office,the lieutenant governor ascends to the governorship. Earlier constitutions said the powers of the governor devolved upon the successor,rather than them necessarily becoming governor,but the official listing includes these as full governors. The governor and lieutenant governor are not elected on the same ticket.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2,2010,in 37 states and two territories. These elections coincided with the elections for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives as well as other state and local elections. As in most midterm elections,the party controlling the White House lost ground. Democrats took five governorships from the Republicans,while Republicans took 12 governorships from the Democrats. An independent won one governorship previously held by a Republican,while a Republican won one governorship previously held by an independent. Republicans held a majority of governorships for the first time since before the 2006 elections. One state,Louisiana,had no election for governor,but it did feature a special election for lieutenant governor.
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.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 4,2008,to elect one of Alabama's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions won re-election to a third term.
West Virginia's 2012 general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on May 8,2012.
The 2010 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2010. Incumbent Governor Bob Riley was term-limited and unable to seek re-election. The party primaries were held on June 1,2010,with a Republican runoff on July 13. In the general election,Robert J. Bentley defeated Democrat Ron Sparks. This was the first election in which Republicans won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state. This was also the first time since Reconstruction that a Republican carried Colbert County,Franklin County,and Lawrence County in a gubernatorial race.
The 2010 congressional elections in Alabama were held on November 2,2010,to determine who will represent the state of Alabama in the United States House of Representatives. Alabama has seven seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 3,2011,until January 3,2013. The primary elections were held on June 1,with the runoff on July 13.
Robert Julian Bentley is an American former politician and physician who served as the 53rd governor of Alabama from 2011 until 2017 upon his resignation after a sex scandal involving a political aide and subsequent arrest. A member of the Republican Party,Bentley was elected governor in 2010 and re-elected in 2014.
Luther Johnson Strange III is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Alabama from 2017 to 2018. He was appointed to fill that position after it was vacated by Sen. Jeff Sessions upon Sessions's confirmation as U.S. Attorney General.
The 2014 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Robert J. Bentley won a second term over Democrat Parker Griffith. This was the first Alabama gubernatorial race where either Choctaw and/or Conecuh counties voted Republican. This alongside the concurrent Senate race is the last time Jefferson County voted Republican in any statewide election. Bentley did not complete this term;he resigned in April 2017 due to a scandal and was succeeded by fellow Republican Kay Ivey.
Walter Thomas Maddox is an American politician who has served as the 36th mayor of Tuscaloosa,Alabama,since 2005. From 2001 to 2005,he served on the Tuscaloosa City Council and as executive director of personnel for Tuscaloosa City Schools. Maddox was a field director for the Alabama Education Association from 1996 to 2001.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Nathan Mathis is an American farmer and politician. He served twelve years in the Alabama House of Representatives,and has made several unsuccessful runs for office since. Mathis garnered national attention in 2017 when he criticized Senate candidate Roy Moore for his past comments on homosexuality and spoke in support of his daughter,who had killed herself after being outed as a lesbian.
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.
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