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Robert Julian Bentley (born February 3, 1943) is an American politician, medical doctor, and the 53rd and current Governor of Alabama. He assumed the governorship on January 17, 2011, having defeated Democrat Ron Sparks, the outgoing Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture, in the 2010 Alabama gubernatorial election. Bentley received just over 58% of the statewide vote and won by a margin of over 230,000 votes.
SEWELL, Terri, a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, on January 1, 1965; graduated from Selma High School, Selma, Ala., 1982; B.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1986; M.A., Oxford University, Oxford, U.K., 1988; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1992; lawyer, private practice; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress (January 3, 2011-present).
ROBY, Martha, a Representative from Alabama; born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., July 27, 1976; B.M., New York University, New York, N. Y., 1998; J.D., Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 2001; lawyer, private practice; Montgomery, Ala., city council, 2003-2010; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress (January 3, 2011-present).
Morris J Brooks (R-AL-5th)
Morris J. “Mo” Brooks, Jr. (born April 29, 1954) is the U.S. Representative for Alabama’s 5th congressional district and a member of the Republican Party.
Bio: Bob Riley (born October 3, 1944) in Ashland, Alabama. Riley is currently serving his second consecutive term as the governor of Alabama. He is the 52nd governor of Alabama and was first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. As a member of the Republican Party, Riley has focused his efforts on making the state government more accountable to Alabama tax payers, economic development and education reform. Riley also signed the first income tax cut in Alabama in the past 70 years, into law in.
Riley has spurred job development in Alabama although he has some critics. The unemployment rate has climbed from 5.3% in January, 2003 to 3.3% in March of 2006. This was the lowest for Alabama since 1976. Currently the unemployment rate has climbed to record highs. In April the unemployment rate climbed to 9.0%, the state’s highest unemployment rate in 25 years.
Before serving as Alabama’s state governor, Riley served in the states third congressional district as a representative in congress. He served in this position from 1997 to 2003. Riley is a strong believer in term limits and kept his promise to only serve three terms. He was then elected as the next governor of Alabama. The Washington Times is speculating that Riley will enter the 2012 Presidential election.
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Bio: Congressman Griffith is a retired physician and small business owner. He developed several local businesses and has been active in charitable and community activities for more than thirty years. He was elected to the Alabama State Senate in 2006 and has worked to improve our healthcare system, lower taxes and expand early childhood education programs. As a physician, Griffith was the first radiation oncologist in North Alabama and a pioneer in the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer. [Read more...]
As the Mayor of Montgomery, Bobby met the challenges facing the city of Montgomery with enormous success. Under his leadership, Alabama’s capitol city experienced unprecedented job growth. Bobby helped attract over 15,000 new high paying jobs to the area, including a new Hyundai car plant. He initiated a downtown and riverfront revitalization project which re-invented Montgomery’s tourism industry, bringing attractions such as the Renaissance Hotel and Spa and The Montgomery Biscuits minor league baseball team. Read more…
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