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Big Al greeting fans in 2010. The mascot known as "Big Al" today was the brainchild of University of Alabama student Walt Tart, member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1979, he was meeting with the homecoming chairman, Ann Paige, as they were trying to come up with something different for the school's homecoming parade.
Kay Ivey. Kay Ellen Ivey (/ ˈaɪvi / EYE-vee; [2] born October 15, 1944) is an American politician who is the 54th governor of Alabama, serving since 2017. Originally a conservative Southern Democrat, Ivey became a member of the Republican Party in 2002. She was the 38th Alabama state treasurer from 2003 to 2011 and the 30th lieutenant ...
The 2022 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey took office on April 10, 2017, upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley and won a full term in 2018. In 2022, she won her bid for a second full term in a landslide. [1]
The Governor is the chief executive of the state's government. The governor is responsible for upholding the Alabama Constitution and executing state law. The governor is elected by popular election every four years. The constitution limits the governor to two consecutive terms, but there is no limit on the total number of terms one may serve ...
Unit. Air National Guard. Donald Eugene Siegelman (/ ˈsiːɡəlmən / SEE-gəl-mən; born February 24, 1946) is an American politician who was the 51st governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. As of 2024, Siegelman is the last Democrat as well as the only Catholic to serve as Governor of Alabama . Siegelman is the only person in Alabama's ...
The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. In a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, stood at the door of the auditorium as if to block the way of the two African American ...
Elections in Alabama. The 2026 Alabama gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the next governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey is term-limited and ineligible to seek a third full consecutive term.
The governor of Alabama is the head of government of the U.S. state of Alabama. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Alabama's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. There have officially been 54 governors of the state of Alabama; this official numbering skips acting and military governors. [2] The first ...