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2016 Primary Election

Ward Williams (R)

Shelby County Commission, District 4 Ward Williams Date of birth: Oct. 13, 1973; age 42 Residence: Alabaster Political experience: None Professional experience: Founder and executive director, Vineyard Family Services, 2007-present; associate pastor of youth and outreach, Inverness Vineyard Church, 2002-2007. Civic experience: Graduate, Leadership Shelby County, 2014; member,  Shelby County Children’s Policy Council, 2007-present; youth

Statewide Amendment One

By Andrew Yeager – Primary voters going to the polls March 1 will see one statewide ballot measure to amend the Alabama Constitution.  Amendment One deals with retirement for future district attorneys and circuit clerks of the state. Currently those positions are part of Alabama’s supernumerary service system.  This amendment would allow the state to set

Delegates and What They Do

Primary voters going to the polls March 1 will see one statewide ballot measure to amend the Alabama Constitution. Amendment One deals with retirement for future district attorneys and circuit clerks of the state.

Monica Agee (D)

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Place 17 Monica Agee Date of birth: January, 1962; age 54 Residence: Forestdale Political experience: None Professional experience: Private practice, Law Office of Monica Agee, 2000-present; U.S. Department of Commerce; Jefferson County Personnel Board; Berry Company; Big B Drugs; Birmingham Board of Education; U.S. Air Force; University of Alabama at

Elisabeth French (D)

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge, Place 17 Elisabeth French Date of birth: December, 1972; age 44 Residence: Birmingham Political Experience: Jefferson County Circuit Judge Place 17, 2010-2016. Professional Experience: Incumbent Circuit Court Judge, 2010-2016; member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee for the Alabama Supreme Court; The French Firm private practice, 1998-2010; former president, vice president, treasurer

Joe Basgier (D)

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge, Place 11 Joe Basgier Date of birth: October, 1974; 42 Residence: Vestavia Hills Political Experience: None Professional Experience: Private practice, Bloomston & Basgier, 2004-present; attorney for the Police Benevolent Association; executive committee member, Birmingham Bar Association; president of the criminal justice section, Birmingham Bar; prosecutor, Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office,

Javan Joielle Patton (D)

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Place 4 Javan J. Patton Date of birth: May 1982;  age 34 Residence: Birmingham Political Experience: None Professional Experience: Assistant city attorney for Birmingham, 2011-present; Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, 2009-2011; prosecutor with Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, 2007-2009. Civic Experience: Director of the Liturgical Dance Ministry at Sixth Avenue Baptist

Charles “Chuck” Price II (D)

Jefferson County Circuit Court Place 4 Charles “Chuck” Price II Date of birth: October 1976; age 39 Residence: Birmingham Political Experience: None Professional Experience: In private practice; litigation associate/shareholder, Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC, 2005-2014; law clerk, Alabama Securities Commission, 2004-2005; law clerk, Alabama Supreme Court Justice Bernard Harwood, 2003-2004; member, executive board, Magic

Minnie L. Tunstall (D)

District Attorney, 10th Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division Minnie L. Tunstall Date of birth: June 30, 1959; age 56 Residence: Bessemer Political experience: Ran for District Court Judge of 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 19, 2006. Professional experience: Practicing attorney since 1993, including time spent in private practice, as an assistant district attorney in Bessemer area, 2010-2013,

Lynneice Olive-Washington (D)

District Attorney, 10th Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division Name: Lynneice Olive-Washington Date of birth: December, 27, 1967; age 48 Residence: Bessemer Political experience: Ran unsuccessfully for District Judge, Place 10, 2010; presiding judge, Bessemer Municipal Court, 2011-present. Professional experience: Presiding judge, Bessemer Municipal Court, 2011 – present; appellate prosecutor, Irondale Municipal Court, 2013-present; hearing officer, Jefferson County