Gerald H. Allen (born February 8, 1950) is a Republican lawmaker in the Alabama Senate. He previously served in the

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Early life

George H. Allen was born on February 8, 1950, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Career

Allen was first elected to the Alabama House in 1994. In 2005, Allen proposed Alabama House Bill 30 (HB30), which would have banned

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libraries from purchasing books by gay authors or with gay characters. The bill did not become law. Allen defeated incumbent

Phil Poole Phil Poole (born March 3, 1959) was a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 21st District from 1994 to 2010. He was defeated for re-election in 2010 by Republican Gerald Allen. Previously he was a member of the Alabama Ho ...

, a

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, in the 2010 elections to the Alabama Senate. In 2011, Allen proposed a bill to ban

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. He sponsored a 2014 amendment to the

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banning "foreign law". In 2017, Allen sponsored a bill for the

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to make it harder to remove

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in Alabama. In May 2019, he voted to make abortion a crime at any stage in a pregnancy, with no exemptions for cases of rape or incest.

Personal life

Allen is the father of incumbent

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and former state representative

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. Both made history for being the first father and son to serve at the same time in the Alabama legislature when Wes Allen was elected to the House in 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Gerald Living people Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives Republican Party Alabama state senators 1950 births Politicians from Tuscaloosa, Alabama 21st-century American politicians