Kenyatte Hassell is an American politician. He is a Democratic 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 ...

from the 78th district, representing parts of

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 202 ...

. Hassell was first elected in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by then-representative Kirk Hatcher's elevation to the

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 conta ...

. Hassell won reelection without opposition in either the primary or the general election during the 2022 cycle. In April 2023, Hassell sponsored House Bill 360 to remove

Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Nort ...

’s birthday as a state holiday. It died in committee.

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* Living people Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators Year of birth missing (living people) African-American state legislators in Alabama 21st-century African-American politicians Politicians from Montgomery, Alabama 21st-century Alabama politicians {{Alabama-politician-stub