Drayton Nabers, Jr.

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Drayton Nabers is the current Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court in 2003 by Governor Bob Riley following Justice Roy Moore's removal as a result of his refusal to remove his famous "Ten Commandments Monument" from the State Judicial Building.

Nabers ran for election in 2006 in the Republican primary for Chief Justice. He defeated Justice Tom Parker, a Roy Moore ally, by nearly 20 percentage points. He lost to Sue Bell Cobb, the lone Democrat on Alabama's Court of Criminal Appeals, in the general election by three percentage points.

Nabers has stated that he has no plans for the future and will re-enter retirement as a result of the loss.