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David Burkette
David Burkette is an American politician who represented Alabama's 26th Senate district in the Alabama Senate as a Democrat from 2018 to 2020. He resigned in 2020 after being convicted of misdemeanor campaign violation charges, he was succeeded in a special election by Kirk Hatcher. Career Burkette previously served as a member of the Montgomery City Council. He is also a retired educator. In 2017, Burkette filed to run for the Senate seat vacated by Quinton Ross Quinton Lenord Ross (born April 30, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. High school and college Ross led Dallas's Justin F. Kimball High School to the state finals, but they lost in the championship game. He went undraft ..., who resigned to become president of Alabama State University. Burkette won the special election after winning the Democratic nomination. He ran again in the general election, winning re-election. Burkette resigned from the Senate on September 1, 2020 facing investiga ...
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Alabama's 26th Senate District
Alabama's 26th Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Alabama Senate. The district has been represented by Kirk Hatcher since a special election in 2021. Geography The district covers a portion of Montgomery County, Alabama, Montgomery County, including most of the Montgomery, Alabama, the state capital. Election history 2022 2021 (special) 2018 2018 (special) 2014 2010 2006 2002 1998 1994 1990 1986 1983 1982 District officeholders Senators take office at midnight on the day of their election. * Kirk Hatcher (2021–present) * David Burkette (2018–2020) * Quinton Ross (politician), Quinton Ross (2002–2018) * Charles Langford (1983–2002) * Don Harrison (1978–1983) * Jerry Powell (1974–1978) * Larry Register (1970–1974) * J. L. Adams (1966–1970) * Ed Reynolds (1962–1966) * L. K. Andrews (1958–1962) * Sam M. Engelhardt Jr. (1954–1958) Referenc ...
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Alabama Senate
The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The body is composed of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, with each district containing at least 127,140 citizens. Similar to the lower house, the Alabama House of Representatives, the Senate serves both without term limits and with a four-year term. The Alabama State Senate meets at the State House in Montgomery. Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the United States Senate, the Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions and boards. Assembly powers While the House of Representatives has exclusive power to originate revenue bills, such legislation can be amended and/or substituted by the Senate. Moreover, because the Senate is considered to be the "deliberative body", rules concerning the length of the debate are more liberal than those of ...
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.M. Philip Lucas, "Martin Van Buren as Party Leader and at Andrew Jackson's Right Hand." in ''A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837–1861'' (2014): 107–129."The Democratic Party, founded in 1828, is the world's oldest political party" states Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s. The party is a big tent, and though it is often described as liberal, it is less ideologically uniform than the Republican Party (with major individuals within it frequently holding widely different political views) due to the broader list of unique voting blocs that compose it. The historical predecessor of the Democratic Party is considered to be th ...
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Kirk Hatcher
Kirk Hatcher (born 1964/1965) is an American politician from the state of Alabama. He currently represents Alabama's 26th District in the Alabama State Senate. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Education Hatcher graduated from Morehouse College in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language and Literature. He later enrolled in Emory University, where he earned a Masters of Divinity degree in Theology in 1997. Career After graduating from Emory, Hatcher moved to Rye, New York, where he worked as an English teacher at Rye County Day School. After resigning his position in 2015, he moved back to his hometown, Montgomery, Alabama, where he worked in community organization. In 2018, he ran for a position in the Alabama House of Representatives in District 78, which covers downtown Montgomery. He came in 2nd place in the initial Democratic primary election held on June 5, 2018, winning 37.6% of the vote and causing a runoff. In the runoff held 2 months later, H ...
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Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 2020 census, Montgomery's population was 200,603. It is the second most populous city in Alabama, after Huntsville, and is the 119th most populous in the United States. The Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area's population in 2020 was 386,047; it is the fourth largest in the state and 142nd among United States metropolitan areas. The city was incorporated in 1819 as a merger of two towns situated along the Alabama River. It became the state capital in 1846, representing the shift of power to the south-central area of Alabama with the growth of cotton as a commodity crop of the Black Belt and the rise of Mobile as a mercantile port on the Gulf Coast. In February 1861, Montgomery was chosen the first capital of the Confederate States of ...
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Quinton Ross (politician)
Quinton T. Ross Jr. (born October 30, 1968) is an American politician who is the 15th and current president of Alabama State University. A Democrat, Ross served as a member of the Alabama Senate from 2002 to 2017 and served as the Minority Leader from 2014 to 2017. Early life and education Ross was born in Mobile, Alabama. He received his education from the following institutions: * MA, Education, Alabama State University * BS, Political Science, Alabama State University * EdD, Educational Leadership, Policy and Law, Alabama State University Career Professional experience Ross has had the following professional experience: * Director, Adult Education Consortium, H. Trenholm State Technical College, present * Principal, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School, Montgomery Political experience He is a senator in the Alabama State Senate, 2002–present Ross was found not guilty of corruption in 2011. Current legislative committees Ross has been a member of the following ...
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Alabama State University
Alabama State University (ASU) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, ASU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. History Alabama State University was founded in 1867 as the Lincoln Normal School of Marion in Marion. In December 1873, the State Board accepted the transfer of title to the school after a legislative act was passed authorizing the state to fund a Normal School, and George N. Card was named president. Thus, in 1874, this predecessor of Alabama State University became America's first state-supported educational institution for blacks. This began ASU's history as a "teachers' college." In 1878, the second president, William Paterson, was appointed. He is honored as a founder of Alabama State University and was the president for 37 of the school's first 48 years. Paterson was instrumental in the move from Marion to Montgomery in 1887. In 1887, the university opened in its new location in Montgomery, b ...
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Montgomery Advertiser
The ''Montgomery Advertiser'' is a daily newspaper and news website located in Montgomery, Alabama. It was founded in 1829. History The newspaper began publication in 1829 as ''The Planter's Gazette.'' Its first editor was Moseley Baker. It became the ''Montgomery Advertiser'' in 1833. In 1903, Richard F. Hudson Sr., a young Alabama newspaperman, joined the staff of the ''Advertiser'' and rose through the ranks of the newspaper. Hudson was central to improving the financial situation of the newspaper, and by 1924 he owned 10% of its stock. Hudson purchased the remaining shares of the company in 1935, and five years later he bought the '' Alabama Journal'', a competitor founded in Montgomery in 1889. Ownership of the ''Advertiser'' subsequently passed from Hudson's heirs to Carmage Walls (1963), through Multimedia Corp. (1968) to Gannett (1995). Grover C. Hall, Jr. (1915–1971) worked at the paper from age 20 and served 15 years as editor after World War II. He allied with ...
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Alabama Secretary Of State
The secretary of state of Alabama is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Alabama. The office actually predates the statehood of Alabama, dating back to the Alabama Territory. From 1819 to 1901, the secretary of state served a two-year term until the State Constitution was changed to set the term to four years. Up until 1868 the secretary of state was elected by the Alabama Legislature, but is now popularly elected. The terms and over 1,000 duties of the office are defined by Sections 114, 118, 132, and 134 of the Alabama Constitution and throughout the Code of Alabama.Code of Alabama 1975.
''The Alabama Legislature''. Retrieved November 3, 2020. The secretary of state must be at least 25 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, an Alabama state resident for at least five year ...
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2018 Alabama Senate Election
The 2018 Alabama Senate elections took place on November 3, 2018, as part of the 2018 United States elections. Alabama voters elected state senators in all 35 of the state's Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alabama Senate. A primary election on June 5, 2018, and a runoff election on July 17, 2018, determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Alabama Secretary of State's website. Following the 2014 state Senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the House with a 27-seat majority—26 Republican members and 1 independent who caucuses with the Republicans. Democrats hold 8 seats following the 2014 elections. To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would have needed to gain 10 Senate seats. The election resulted in the Republican Party holding all previously held seats and taking a seat previously held by an independent who ...
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Alabama State Senators
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