Office: Governor Kay Ivey Party: Republican Age: 73 Residence: Montgomery resident and native of Camden. Political offices held: Alabama governor, 2017-present, having ascended to governor in April 2017 when then-Gov. Robert Bentley resigned; lieutenant governor, 2014-2017; state treasurer, 2002-2014. Professional experience: Assistant director of Alabama Development office; reading clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives; bank officer;
Walt Maddox kicked off the final week of his campaign for Alabama governor Monday night with a visit to Auburn University, where he spoke with students about issues pertaining to the state’s college-aged demographic. “It’s a lot of fun being here with college students,” Maddox said after the event. “This election, unlike a lot of other elections, is going to impact them directly.” He’d received the most feedback from younger voters, he said, about college scholarships. A central plank of Maddox’s campaign platform has been the creation of a statewide education lottery — from which he has pledged $125 million in annual funding to be allocated toward college scholarships and workforce readiness programs. A large part of the discussion also focused on fighting voter apathy, “especially among younger voters, and especially college students,” Maddox said. Read more.
Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 27 Leslie Schiffman Moore Party: Republican Professional experience: Private Practice, 2018-present; assistant district attorney, Birmingham office of Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, 2017-2018; acting chief assistant district attorney, 2016-2017; assistant district attorney, Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Bessemer Division, 2000-2017; law clerk, Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Bessemer
Office: Lieutenant governor Party: Republican Age: 37 Residence: Guntersville Political experience: Member, Alabama House of Representatives, District 27, 2014-present. Professional experience: Youth pastor at Albertville’s Grace Fellowship Church; small-business owner; cattle rancher and owner of Dream Ranch; founder and owner Tennessee Valley Hunting and Fishing Expo Education: Auburn University, bachelor’s in marketing. Main issues: According to his campaign
Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 13 Carole C. Smitherman Party: Democrat Political experience: Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, 2012- present; interim mayor, City of Birmingham, October-November, 2009. Professional experience: Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit; judge, Municipal Court; deputy district attorney; municipal prosecutor, City of Irondale; private civil practice, 20 years; constitutional law professor, 28
Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 9 Jim Hughey III Party: Democrat Political experience: Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit Court, 2012-present. Professional experience: Private practice including, partner, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, over 10 years prior to 2012. Member, editorial board, The Alabama Lawyer; co-chair, Alabama State Bar’s Diversity in the Profession Committee. Education: Bachelor’s
Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 8 Tracey Crisan McDonald Party: Republican Professional experience: Vernis & Bowling of Alabama; McDonald & Dotson; Keahey Law Firm; March, Rickard & Bryan, PC; Heninger, Burge, Vargo & Davis; constitutional law professor, Birmingham School of Law, St. Vincent’s Hospital; the Children’s Hospital of Alabama. Education: Cumberland School
Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 7 Tracie A. Todd Party: Democrat Political experience: Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit Court, Place 7, 2012- present. Professional experience: Former deputy district attorney, Jefferson County; special judge, Birmingham Municipal Court. Education: Juris doctorate, University of Alabama School of Law; exchange student, Australian National University College of Law;
Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 6 Donald E. “Don” Blankenship Party: Democrat Political experience: Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 6, 2013-present. Professional experience: Private practice,1994-2012; associate, Waldrep, Stewart & Kendrick, 1990-1994; various positions: city planner, senior city planner, administrative assistant to the mayor and zoning administrator, City of Birmingham, 1981-1990; planning administrator,
Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 5 David Carpenter Party: Democrat Age: 51 Residence: Bessemer Political experience: Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge, Place 1, 2001-present; presiding judge, 2013-present. Professional experience: Founder, Jefferson County veterans’ court; attorney, The Carpenter Law Office, 2003-2012. Education: Master of laws, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law,1995;
