Parker Griffith

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Parker Griffith

Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama, 5th district
Member of the Alabama State Senate from the 7th district
In office 2006 -

Born	August 6, 1942 (1942-08-06) (age 65) Shreveport, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic
Profession	retired oncologist and businessman
Religion	Episcopalian

Parker Griffith is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 7th District since 2006. His district includes parts of Madison County.

Senator Griffith was born August 6, 1942, in Shreveport, Louisiana. He received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University Medical School and served in residency at the University of Texas. He is a Board Certified Radiation Oncologist, now retired, and a businessman. He resides in Huntsville and, along with his wife Virginia, has 5 children and ten grandchildren.

Griffith ran for Mayor of Huntsville against popular three-term mayor Loretta Spencer in 2004. He then ran for the Alabama State Senate in 2006, defeating Cheryl Baswell Guthrie in a race where he carried 66% of the vote to Guthrie's 34%^[1]. In the State Senate, he has sponsored bills that promote research in biofuels, advancing health care and early education, and immigration reform.

On March 22, 2008 Griffith announced that he will run for the open seat in Alabama's 5th congressional district.^[2] He has picked up the endorsement of the retiring nine-term incumbent, Bud Cramer.^[3]

On June 3, 2008 Griffith defeated physicist David Maker to become the Democratic nominee for Alabama's 5th Congressional District. He carried 90% of the vote.