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Name Session Start date End date Last election Alabama Constitution of 1819: 1819 October 1819 [1]: December 1819 November 9, 1880 [2]: 1881 November 15, 1898 [3]: February 23, 1899 [3]
The Alabama State Senate is composed of 35 state senators, in keeping with Article IV, Section 50, of the Alabama Constitution, which limits the Alabama House of Representatives to 105 members, and the senate to 35; together with Article IX, Sections 197 and 198, which requires that membership in the state senate consist of not less than one-fourth, nor more than one-third, of the total ...
The governor of Alabama has power to veto laws passed by the state legislature (see below). However, in contrast to the practice in most states (and the federal government) that requires the legislature to garner a two-thirds majority to override an executive veto, the Alabama constitution requires only a majority within both legislative houses ...
The Alabama Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of Alabama.It is a bicameral body composed of the House of Representatives and Senate.It is one of the few state legislatures in which members of both chambers serve four-year terms and in which all are elected in the same cycle.
Elliott is a member of the Alabama Senate where he serves as Chairman of the County and Municipal Government Committee and Vice-Chairman of the State Governmental Affairs Committee, he also serves as a member of the Aerospace and Defense Caucus, and the National Conference of State Legislatures. [citation needed]
State Legislature United States Congress Electoral votes; Governor Lt. Governor Secretary of State Attorney General Auditor Treasurer Ag. Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senate (Class II) U.S. Senate (Class III) U.S. House; 1883 Edward A. O'Neal (D) no such office [v] Ellis Phelan (D) Henry Tompkins (D) J. Malcolm Carmichael: Frederick ...
Stewart was elected as a democrat to the Alabama Senate in the 23rd district on November 8, 2022. He received 53.4% of the vote against Republican Michael Nimmer's 44.6%. A difference of 8.8%, or about 4,000 votes. He was sworn in that night at midnight. [5] [6] Previously, in the democratic primary, Stewart defeated Hank Sanders. [2] [7]
In 2005, Allen proposed Alabama House Bill 30 (HB30), which would have banned public school libraries from purchasing books by gay authors or with gay characters. [2] The bill did not become law. Allen defeated incumbent Phil Poole, a Democrat, in the 2010 elections to the Alabama Senate. [3] In 2011, Allen proposed a bill to ban Sharia law.