Alabama Senate

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The Alabama 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 amount of districts across the state, with each district containing at least 127,140 citizens. Similar to the lower House, the Senate serves both without term limits and with a four-year term.

The Alabama Senate meet at the State House in Montgomery.

Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions and boards.

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[edit] Leadership of the Senate

The Lieutenant Governor of Alabama serves as the President of the Senate, but only casts a vote if required to break a tie. In his or her absence, the President Pro Tempore presides over the Senate. The President Pro Tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the entire Senate through a Senate Resolution. The President Pro Tempore is the chief leadership position in the Senate. The other Senate Majority and Minority leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses.

The President of the Senate is Alabama Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. The President Pro Tempore is Democrat Lowell Ray Barron of the 8th District (DeKalb, Jackson, Madison). The Majority Leader is Democrat Zeb Little of the 4th District (Cullman, Lawrence, Winston). The Minority Leader is Republican J. T. "Jabo" Waggoner of the 16th District (Jefferson, Shelby).

[edit] Makeup of the Senate

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 23
  Republican Party 12
 Total
 35
 Majority
 11

[edit] Senate Roster

District Name Party Hometown First Elected Counties Represented
1 Bobby E. Denton Democrat Muscle Shoals 1978 Colbert, Lauderdale
2 Tom Butler Democrat Madison 1994 Limestone, Madison
3 Artur Orr Democrat Decatur 2006 Limestone, Madison, Morgan
4 Zeb Little Democrat Cullman 1998 Cullman, Lawrence, Winston
5 Charles Bishop Republican Jasper 2006 Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston
6 Roger Bedford, Jr. Democrat Russellville 1982 Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Winston
7 Parker Griffith Democrat Huntsville 2006 Madison
8 Lowell Barron Democrat Fyffe 1982 DeKalb, Jackson, Madison
9 Hinton Mitchem Democrat Union Grove 1978 Blount, Madison, Marshall
10 Larry Means Democrat Attalla 1998 Cherokee, Etowah
11 Jim Preuitt Democrat Talladega 1990 Calhoun, Coosa, Elmore, Talladega
12 Del Marsh Republican Anniston 1998 Calhoun, St. Clair
13 Kim Benefield Democrat Woodland 2006 Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph
14 Henry E. Erwin, Jr. Republican Montevallo 2002 Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby
15 Steve French Republican Birmingham 1998 Jefferson, Shelby
16 J.T. "Jabo" Waggoner Republican Birmingham 1990 Jefferson, Shelby
17 Scott Beason Republican Gardendale 2006 Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair
18 Rodger Smitherman Democrat Birmingham 1994 Jefferson
19 Edward McClain Democrat Midfield 1994 Jefferson
20 Linda Coleman Democrat Birmingham 2006 Jefferson
21 Phil Poole Democrat Moundville 1994 Hale, Pickens, Tuscaloosa
22 Pat Lindsey Democrat Butler 1982 Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington
23 Henry Sanders Democrat Selma 1982 Autauga, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Wilcox
24 Bobby Singleton Democrat Greensboro 2005 Bibb, Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter, Tuscaloosa
25 Larry Dixon Republican Montgomery 1982 Elmore, Montgomery
26 Quinton Ross Democrat Montgomery 2002 Montgomery
27 T.D. "Ted" Little Democrat Auburn 1978 Lee, Russell, Tallapoosa
28 Myron Penn Democrat Union Springs 2002 Barbour, Bullock, Henry, Lee, Macon, Russell
29 Harri Anne Smith Republican Slocomb 1998 Dale, Geneva, Houston
30 Wendell Mitchell Democrat Luverne 1982 Autauga, Butler, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Pike
31 Jimmy Holley Democrat Elba 1998 Coffee, Covington, Dale, Houston
32 Bradley Byrne Republican Fairhope 2002 Baldwin
33 Vivian Davis Figures Democrat Mobile 1997 Mobile
34 Rusty Glover Republican Semmes 2006 Mobile
35 Ben Brooks Republican Mobile 2006 Mobile

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