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  Shelnutt, Shay
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AffiliationRepublican  
  2014-01-01  
 
NameShay Shelnutt
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Trussville, Alabama , United States
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Websitehttp://voteshelnutt.com/
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Born September 21, 1967 (56 years)
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Infohay Shelnutt is a conservative Christian republican running for The Alabama State Senate, district 17. Shay is married to the former Paige Harwell and together they have two beautiful daughters. Their family attends Palmerdale United Methodist Church where they are very active.

Both Shay and Paige coach youth sports and for many years they have worked with youth groups through their church where Paige also served as youth pastor. From their own children to coaching and pastoring, so much of their life is centered around working with kids and young adults in our community and that is a large part of why he is running for state senate.

Shay has never been far from home here in the district. He was raised in Palmerdale, right outside of Pinson, attending Palmerdale Baptist. Shay grew up knowing right from wrong with a dad who retired from the Birmingham Police Department after 22 years of honorable service, and a mom who was a realtor in the district for nearly 30 years.

Shay went to high school at Pinson Valley and then college at the University of Montevallo where he met his wife Paige. This was also where he met his friend, State Senator Slade Blackwell. Shay graduated with a degree in business finance but continued on with a masters in math education. After graduating, Shay taught math for nine years at Chalkville High School where he also coached boys and girls basketball, and varsity golf. Shay isn't the only educator in the family. Paige teaches physical education at Pinson Elementary and both Shay's brother and sister are teachers in the district too.

Even though Shay was a teacher, he never joined the AEA union and still today believes that the focus should be on the kids and classroom teachers, not union politics.

Today Shay is a realtor with Keller Williams in Trussville and he's a good one too, scoring "Top Producer" in 2008-11. Helping so many families buy or sell their home has touched Shay in many ways. Seeing how the recession has affected so many in the real estate market has been heart wrenching. These events have opened Shay’s eyes to the need for economic leadership in our community which will work with local leaders to create new jobs.

Working to bring better jobs to our district while protecting the values that our families hold dear is Shay's mission.

Shay is new to politics but he has a lot of experience in voting and paying taxes. Shay’s values are based on the Bible and the common sense that God gave him. An outside perspective in Montgomery might be a good thing because so many of our problems today are a result of over complicating issues and trying too hard to make government the answer for everyone. Shay believes that people need to take more personal responsibility and that we need to work together to keep fighting to stop the liberal takeover in our country. Ultimately we must make sure that Alabama alone can decide what happens in Alabama.

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  11/08/2022 AL State Senate 17 Won 90.95% (+82.18%)
  05/24/2022 AL State Senate 17 - R Primary Won 68.53% (+37.07%)
  11/06/2018 AL State Senate 17 Won 98.31% (+96.61%)
  11/04/2014 AL State Senate 17 Won 98.85% (+97.69%)
  07/15/2014 AL State Senate 17 - R Runoff Won 51.62% (+3.24%)
  06/03/2014 AL State Senate 17 - R Primary Won 34.30% (+4.15%)
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