John Jackson Sparkman was an American jurist and politician from the state of Alabama. A Southern Democrat,Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946 and the United States Senate from 1946 until 1979. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1952 presidential election.
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
Lowell Ray Barron is a former Democratic politician,businessman who was a member of the Alabama Senate,and represented the 8th District from 1982 to 2010. He was elected President Pro Tem of the Alabama Senate from 1999 to 2007,and after having serving seven terms in the state Senate,was defeated by 628 votes in the 2010 general election by Republican Shadrack McGill. Alabama's 8th Senate district includes all of Jackson County and parts of DeKalb and Madison Counties.
James Ralph Record Sr. was an Alabama state senator,a former Chairman of the Madison County (Alabama) Commission,and a noted historical author. He was born in New Market,Alabama,near the Alabama-Tennessee border. Record also served as president of several local organizations such as the Alabama Space and Rocket Center,State of Alabama Historical Commission,Madison County Historical Society,The American Legion,Veterans of Foreign Wars,Elks Lodge,Burritt Museum,YMCA,Woodmen of the World,Alabama Association of County Commissioners,First Baptist Church Huntsville,and the Madison County Mental Health Association and numerous civic organizations.
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.
Chester Clarence "Mac" McCutcheon III is an American politician currently serving as the chair of the county commission of Madison County,Alabama. He was previously the 66th speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives. He is a Republican who served in the state legislature from 2006 to 2022. He was elected Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives on August 15,2016. He was re-elected Speaker of the House on January 8,2019.
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.
The Shelby County Republican Party (Alabama) is the organization governing the Republican Party in Shelby County,Alabama.
The Nebraska Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members,known as "senators",the Nebraska Legislature is the smallest state legislature of any U.S. state. A total of 25 members is required for a majority;however,in order to overcome a filibuster,a two-thirds vote of all members is required,which takes 33 votes.
Danny Lee Patrick was an educator and farmer from rural Delaney in Madison County,Arkansas,who served from 1967 to 1970 as a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Madison and neighboring Carroll counties in the northwestern corner of his state. His legislative service coincided exactly with the administration of Winthrop Rockefeller,Arkansas' first GOP governor since Reconstruction.
Jim Carns is an American politician and businessman (manufacturing). He is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 48th District. He is a member of the Republican party. He previously served from 1990 to 2006 in the House when he decided to run for Jefferson County Commissioner and was elected in 2006 serving one term and then ran again for his former House seat in 2012 and presently serves in the Alabama House of Representatives. He chairs the 18-member Jefferson County Legislative Delegation. Past Chairman House Republican Caucus,serving as Minority Leader. Past Chairman Industrial Development &Economic Growth. Past member Alabama Economic Development Board and also served on the board of the World Trade Association. He was Chairman of Alabama's Welfare Reform Commission. Carns drafted,sponsored &passed welfare reform legislation in Alabama. Jim wrote,sponsored and passed the first Voter ID legislation in Alabama. He passed landmark legislation that set up the Holocaust Commission. Jim Carns is a member of the Woodlawn High School Hall of Fame. Jim Carns is a University of Alabama graduate with a B.S. in engineering.
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 switching to Republican in 1994. In his most recent election in 2016,he was re-elected with 64% of the vote over Democrat Ron Crumpton. 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.
Anthony Vargas is an American politician and former educator serving as a member of the Nebraska Legislature. Vargas represents the 7th district,which covers all of downtown Omaha and much of southeastern Omaha.
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.
Michael Andrew Whitt is an American banker,politician,and a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives,representing District 6. Whitt is chair of the Economic Development and Tourism committee and the vice chair of the house financial services committee. Rep. Whitt is also a member of the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services.
Benjamin W. Robbins is an American politician from the state of Alabama. He currently serves as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives,representing District 33,including parts of Coosa,Talladega,and Clay County.
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.
Matt Simpson is an American politician currently serving in his first term in the Alabama House of Representatives for House District 96,which he was elected to in November 2018.
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 is 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.
Will Metcalf is a member of the Texas House of Representatives,16th District,which encompasses Montgomery County,Texas,approximately 55 miles north of Houston. As of 2021–2022,he is Chairman of the House Administration Committee which oversees all operations of the House,including its rules,policies and procedures,as well as its members,officers,and employees. He also serves on the committees for International Relations &Economic Development,and House State Affairs.
