Michel A. Ball (born September 17, 1954) is an American politician who was a member of the
Alabama House of Representatives, representing its 10th district from 2002 to 2022.
Biography
Ball was born in
Stockton, California. He has a bachelor's degree from
Athens State University
Athens State University is a public upper-division university in Athens, Alabama. Its academics are housed in three colleges: Education, Arts and Sciences, and Business.
History
Athens State University is Alabama's oldest educational institutio ...
. He was a State Trooper and then part of the Alabama Bureau of Investigations before entering politics. Ball is a
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
.
Ball served in the
Alabama House of Representatives from 2002 to 2022, as a member of the
Republican Party. During his first run for the state legislature, his campaign was managed by Marilyn Lands. After his retirement, Ball said he had left the Republican Party and identified as an
Independent
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* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independ ...
. Following the resignation of Ball's successor in the 10th district,
David Cole, Ball endorsed Lands when she ran in the subsequent special election as a
Democrat
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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.
External links
Project Vote Smart bio
References
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1954 births
American United Methodists
American state police officers
Athens State University alumni
Law enforcement in Alabama
Living people
Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives
People from Madison, Alabama
Politicians from Stockton, California
United States Marine Corps officers
21st-century American politicians
Military personnel from California