Jamie Glenn Kiel is an American politician from the state of Alabama. He currently serves as a member of the

Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency contai ...

for District 18. He is a member of the

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Education

Kiel graduated from

Northwest–Shoals Community College Northwest–Shoals Community College is a public community college with two campuses in Alabama, one in Phil Campbell and the second in Muscle Shoals. It is intended to serve Colbert County, Franklin County, Lauderdale County, Lawrence Coun ...

with an Associate's degree in business in 1995. After graduating, Kiel enrolled in the University of North Alabama where he earned a B.S. in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services in 1997.

Career

In 1996, while Kiel was enrolled in the University of North Alabama, he started his equipment rental company, Kiel Equipment. Kiel still runs the company today. In 2013, Kiel became a managing partner with SAL Properties, a property management company. During his time as owner of Kiel Equipment, Kiel also became a founding member of the Franklin County Broadband Taskforce and a member of the Federal Monitoring Committee for the Franklin County School System. Kiel announced his run for State House in 2017, after Representative Johnny Mack Morrow announced that he would not be running for reelection. Kiel defeated his Republican Primary opponent, Tony Riley, winning 79.9% of the vote. Kiel then defeated his Democratic opponent, Eddie Britton, by a margin of over 40 points.

Committee positions

Kiel is a member of the Insurance, State Government, and Ways and Means Education committees.

Elections

Alabama House of Representatives District 18

2018 Republican Primary

2018 General Election

References

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