Lucy Mae Bruner Baxley Smith was an American politician who served from 2003 to 2007 as the 28th lieutenant governor of Alabama and from 2008 to 2012 as president of the Alabama Public Service Commission. She was the first woman to hold the state's office of lieutenant governor. In 2006,she was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor. In 2008,Baxley was elected President of the Alabama Public Service Commission,and was the only Democrat to win statewide that year. Until Doug Jones's swearing in after his victory over Republican Roy Moore in the 2017 U.S. Senate special election,Baxley had been the last Democrat to hold statewide office in Alabama.
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.
George Corley Wallace III,generally known as George Wallace Jr.,is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama. He is the only son of George and Lurleen Wallace,each of whom was Democratic governor of Alabama.
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.
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.
Stephen Ralph Windom is an American attorney and politician who served as member of the Alabama State Senate from 1989 to 1998 and as the 27th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003.
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.
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 African American portions of Birmingham,Tuscaloosa,and Montgomery.
John Murphy McMillan Jr. is an American politician who served as the 40th treasurer of Alabama. He was elected as a Republican in November 2010 to the office of Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. He was elected to a second four-year term in 2014. In 2018,McMillan won the Republican primary election for State Treasurer,and had no Democratic opposition on the general election ballot.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 4,2014. All of Alabama's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,and all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.
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.
Jim Zeigler is an American lawyer and politician who served as state auditor of Alabama from 2015 to 2023. Before becoming state auditor,he served on the Alabama Public Service Commission from 1974 to 1978.
The Alabama state treasurer acts as the head banker for the State of Alabama,handling deposits,withdrawals,redemptions of state warrants and investments of state funds. The position was created in 1819 when Alabama became a state. Its constitution established the Office of the Treasurer of State,a position that would be elected by the legislature. Individuals serving as state treasurer were elected annually by the General Assembly from 1819 to 1861. Beginning in 1861,the treasurer was elected biennially from until 1868 and was elected by popular vote for a term of two years in 1868. Arthur Bingham's election in 1868 marked the first time a Republican would hold the office. Kay Ivey in 2002 would become the second Republican to hold the office. The treasurer began to be elected to a four-year term as a result of the 1901 Constitution but could not serve successive terms until a 1968 amendment. In 1950,Sibyl Pool (D) would become the first of seven different women to be elected state treasurer.
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.
Steve Marshall is an American lawyer serving as the 48th attorney general of Alabama. He was appointed in February 2017 by Governor Robert J. Bentley to fill the vacancy created by previous attorney general Luther Strange's appointment to the United States Senate. He was elected to a full term in 2018,and was re-elected in 2022. He previously served as district attorney in Marshall County for 16 years.
William Burwell Sellers is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.
Wesley Harrison Allen is an American politician and former probate judge who is the incumbent Secretary of State of Alabama,serving since 2023. He was previously a member of the Alabama House of Representatives,representing the 89th district from 2018 to 2022,and was elected as Secretary of State in 2022.
The 2022 Alabama State Treasurer election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Alabama State Treasurer. Incumbent Republican Party Treasurer Young Boozer,who previously served in the office from 2011 to 2019,was appointed to the position October 1,2021 after the previous treasurer,John McMillan,resigned. Boozer won a full term.
