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  Alabama
  AL Libertarian Party  Sam Bohler 1 +100.00%
County List
 AL Counties    
House of Representatives
  AL - District 01  Jerry Carl 2 +67.93%
  AL - District 02  Barry Moore 3 +39.93%
  AL - District 03  Mike D. Rogers 7 +46.08%
  AL - District 04  Robert Aderholt 6 +70.48%
  AL - District 05  Dale Strong 2 +37.54%
  AL - District 06  Gary Palmer 8 +68.62%
  AL - District 07  Terri Sewell 6 +28.78%
Party Leadership
  State Democratic Party Chair  Randy Kelley 1 +23.76%
 State Republican Party Chair    
President
  President  Donald J. Trump 6 +25.46%
Referenda
 Constitutional Amendments    
Senate
  Senate Class II  Tommy Tuberville 1 +20.36%
  Senate Class III  Katie Britt 1 +35.74%
State Government
  Governor  Kay Ivey 3 +37.73%
  Lieutenant Governor  Will Ainsworth 3 +68.07%
  Attorney General  Steve Marshall 2 +35.88%
  Secretary of State  Wes Allen 2 +34.78%
  State Treasurer  Young Boozer, III 2 +68.26%
  Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries  Rick Pate 2 +69.25%
  State Auditor  Andrew Sorrell 2 +69.60%
  AL State Senate  Republican Party Control 461 +54.29%
  AL State House  Republican Party Control 461 +46.67%
  Public Service Commission  Republican Party Control 461 +100.00%
  State Board of Education  Republican Party Control 461 +50.00%
State Judiciary
 State Courts    

State DETAILS
Parents > United States  
Websitehttp://www.alabama.gov/
Established December 14, 1819
Disbanded Still Active
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedRP October 06, 2023 04:17pm
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State Amphibian State Bird State Butterfly State Saltwater Fish State Freshwater Fish
Red Hills Salamander Yellowhammer Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Fighting Tarpon Largemouth Bass
 
State Flag State Flower State Fossil State Gem State Game Bird
St. Andrew's Cross Camellia Japonica Basilosaurus Cetoides Star Blue Quartz Wild Turkey
 
State Mineral State Motto State Dance State Nickname State Quarter
"Audemus jura nostra defendere"
Hematite We Dare Defend Our Rights Folk Dance ”Heart of Dixie” Alabama State Quarter
 


The State of Alabama
"We Dare Defend Our Rights"

With its seat in Montgomery, Alabama became the 22nd State of the Union on December 14, 1819. Before becoming a state, Alabama became part of the Mississippi Territory in 1798. A couple decades later the Alabama Territory was created in 1817.

When Civil War broke, Montgomery became the first capital of the breakaway Confederate States of America. The end of the Civil War brought widespread hunger, poverty, and displacement to white & black Alabamians. Alabama came under military rule and General W. Swayne served virtually as military governor of Alabama in 1867. In 1868 Alabama voters, including black men voting for the first time, ratified a new Constitution that placed more emphasis on education and women's rights. Military rule ended in Alabama and Republicans gained control of the governor's office and the legislature.

Reconstruction brought improvements in education, especially for African Americans. Emphasis was also placed on internal improvements to roads and railroads, though there were allegations of fraud and misuse of state funds on these projects. Many white Alabamians fought Reconstruction through the political process and also through the emergence of organized resistance groups. The Ku Klux Klan was the most well known. Others were the Pale Faces and the Knights of the White Camellia. Republican Reconstruction ended in
Alabama in 1874 when Democrats re-gained control of the legislature & governor's office and, in the next year, rewrote the state constitution.

Post-Reconstruction Alabama remained racially segregated until the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, which begun in the state upon the election of Governor George Wallace who vowed, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."

Preamble of the state of Alabama (1901)
We the people of the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution. Registration is Nonpartisan.

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State of Alabama Supreme Court  Discuss
Wet and Dry Counties in Alabama  Discuss

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MEDIA
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Newspaper Birmingham Business Journal 
Newspaper The Age (Melbourne, Australia) 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 18, 2021 12:00pm General Covid-stricken Alabama had more deaths than births last year, a first in its recorded history.  Article IndyGeorgia 
Jun 12, 2019 12:00pm General Wasted funds, destroyed property: How Alabama sheriffs undermine their successors after losing reelection  Article IndyGeorgia 
Aug 27, 2015 05:00pm General ALABAMA: State Prepares To Close 45 Of 49 DMV Offices, Shutting Out Poor Despite Strict Voter ID Law  Article RP 
Mar 25, 2015 11:40pm Legal Ruling Supreme Court rules against Alabama redistricting plan  Article RP 
Oct 27, 2012 09:00am News Ala. Constitution: Vote Looms on Amending History  Article The Sunset Provision 
Jun 25, 2012 05:30pm Commentary In Alabama Prisons, The Less Sheriffs Spend On Food For Inmates, The More They Earn  Article RP 

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