State Representative, District No. 46 Felicia Stewart Party: Democrat Residence: Mountain Brook Political experience: None. Professional experience: Consultant, LGBTQ component fund, Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, April 2017-present; territory manager, Entellus Medical, April-October 2016; sales representative, Stryker Neuro, Spine ENT, 2013-2016; vice president sales, Texas / sales manager, The Stewart Organization, 2007 -2013; color systems
State Representative, District No. 57 Merika Coleman Party: Democrat Residence: Birmingham Political experience: Elected State Representative, District No. 57, 2006, 2010, 2014; ran for Alabama Senate, 2009. Professional experience: Assistant professor of political science, Miles College; director of economic and community development, City of Bessemer; director of community and economic development, Lawson State Community College;
National groups, as well as local ones, are campaigning for and against two of the four amendments to the Alabama Constitution that will be voted on in the Nov. 6 general election. The proposed Amendment 2 has pitted pro-choice against pro-life advocates. It says that the state recognizes and supports the sanctity of unborn children. Another amendment would allow the display of the Ten Commandments in public places, including schools, with certain restrictions. Other amendments would change the way vacancies in the Alabama Legislature are filled, requiring more of them be filled by the voters rather than through appointment, and keep the composition of the University of Alabama board of trustees as it is if the state is redistricted after the 2020 Census. Learn more about the amendments, along with where to find more detailed information and analysis of them, before going to the polls. Read more.
Jefferson County Circuit Clerk Phillip Brown Party: Republican Residence: Birmingham Political experience: Elected chair in 2012 of the Alabama Minority Republican Party and is now serving his third, two-year term; former chair of the Birmingham Minority GOP; member of the steering and executive committees of the Alabama Republican Party; ran unsuccessfully for the Alabama Public
Office: Jefferson County Circuit Clerk Party: Democrat Residence: Birmingham Political experience: Member, president and vice president of the Jefferson County Board of Education. Professional experience: Planner with the Jefferson County Workforce Investment Program; Health Access Director for Cooper Green Hospital; member and past president of the Alabama School Board Association; member, the YMBC Civic Club
Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale Party: Republican Age: 67 Residence: Clay Political experience: Jefferson County sheriff since 1998 Professional experience: Sheriff. Captain in the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, where he commanded every division; chief of police, Pell City; security manager, St. Vincent’s hospital. Civic experience: Chair of the Alabama Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches board; board member
Mark L. Pettway Jefferson County Sheriff Name: Mark Pettway Party: Democrat Residence: Birmingham Political experience: None Professional experience: Fairfield Police Department, 1993-99; Internal Revenue Service Task Force, 2012-14; Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, 1999-present. Member, Fraternal Order of Police, Police Benevolent Association; former member, Law Enforcement Bicycle Association. Education: Faulkner University, business administration, 1989-91; instructor at
Office: Jefferson County Deputy Circuit Clerk, Bessemer Division Karen Dunn-Burks Party: Democrat Date of birth: 1965 Residence: Hoover Political experience: Burks was elected deputy circuit clerk, Bessemer division, in 2012. Burks said she has worked in and around government for several years, dealing with administrative issues and budgeting. “I’ve dealt with having to do more
Jefferson County Probate Judge, Place 1 Alan King Party: Democrat Residence: Birmingham Political experience: Elected Jefferson County probate judge, 2000, 2006, 2012; member, Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity; Professional experience: Private practice of Law, 1982-2000; founder, Probate Section of the Birmingham Bar Association; member and past president, vice president, secretary and treasurer of the
Jefferson County District Court Judge Place 3 Pamela Wilson Cousins Party: Democrat Age: 58 Residence: Gardendale Political experience: Ran for District Judge of Birmingham, 2016; ran for Circuit Judge of Bessemer, 2010. Professional experience: Managing Attorney, Pamela Wilson Cousins, P.C. 1993-present; registered mediator, Alabama State Court; Attorney, Reid & Thomas 1992-1993; legal assistant, L. Dan
