Scott Beason

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Scott Beason
Member of the Alabama Senate
from the 17th district
In office
November 8, 2006 –November 5, 2014

He has voted for a bill to require the Alabama driver's license exam to be given in English only. He also supported a constitutional amendment making English the official language of Alabama.

Illegal Immigration

Beason was the senate sponsor of Alabama's controversial immigration law, parts of which took effect in late September 2011. [10] He has been quoted in the press saying of immigrants, "When their children grow up and get the chance to vote, they vote for Democrats." [11]

2011 bingo trial

Beason was a chief prosecution witness in the 2011 trial of nine individuals for allegedly attempting to exchange votes for campaign contributions. Beason wore a recording device to surreptitiously record his colleagues in the Alabama state senate. In the recordings Beason can be heard referring to black voters in Greene County, Alabama as "aborigines." [12] [13]

Superintendent

Beason was roundly criticized in the Montgomery Advertiser for introducing an "unwise and unwarranted" bill that would make the position of state superintendent for education an elected position. [14]

Committee assignments

2012 congressional election

On January 12, 2012, Beason held at a press conference at the Alabama GOP Headquarters, at which he announced his candidacy in the March 13, 2012 Republican primary for Alabama's 6th congressional district, in which he opposed U.S. Representative Spencer Bachus. [16] [17] Previously, Beason was subject to speculation that he might run for governor in 2014 or 2018. [18]

Beason ran well to Bachus' right, saying that if elected he would provide "true conservative leadership." [19] Bachus heavily outspent him. The incumbent spent over $1.5 million, outspending Beason 45–1. [20] [21] Bachus defeated him 59%-27%, winning every county in the district, with the notable exception of Blount County, which was won by Blount County Probate Judge David Standridge. [22]

Beason did not have to give up his state senate seat to run for Congress; Alabama state senators serve four-year terms, and Beason was not up for reelection again until 2014.

2014 congressional election

With Bachus announcing his retirement, the Republican primary field was thrown wide open. Initially, Beason said that he was "95 percent sure" he would run for re-election to his State Senate seat, [23] but he changed his mind about three weeks later by deciding not to run again. He did not specifically rule out running for the Congressional seat. [9]

Radio

After leaving elected office, Beason — who had occasionally filled in as a substitute host on Birmingham-area talk radio shows, became a co-host of "Yellowhammer Radio" on WYDE-FM from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each weekday. [24] For most of his time on the show, Beason hosted the first hour by himself, with Yellowhammer News publisher Cliff Sims joining Beason for the second hour. Sims left Yellowhammer in 2017 to join the Donald Trump administration, and Beason left the show to host his own show in the time slot prior to Yellowhammer Radio, from 9 to 11 a.m. weekdays. [25]

Personal life

Beason and his family are members of Gardendale First Baptist Church. He is a member of the Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee and the Alabama Republican Executive Committee. [26]

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