Marilyn Lands is an American politician who currently serves as a Democratic member of the

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, representing District 10 in

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. She was elected in a March 2024 special election to succeed Republican David Cole, who resigned after being jailed for electoral fraud.

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, she was first elected to her seat on March 26, 2024, with over 62 percent of the vote to replace David Cole, a Republican, who resigned his seat after being sentenced to 60 days in jail for electoral fraud. Notably, Cole won his last election with 51 percent of the vote, resulting in over a 17-point swing in favor of the Democrats. Lands based her campaign on

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, opposing Alabama's ban on abortion, as well as supporting

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(IVF) in the aftermath of '' LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine''. She was endorsed by

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in the election. According to AL.com, "The race drew national interest against the backdrop of the controversial Alabama State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are considered children under state law."

Electoral history

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