Office: Alabama House District 73

Party: Republican

Age: 42

Residence: Montevallo

Political experience: Alabama House Representative, 2014-present; former chairman, Shelby County Republican Party.

Professional experience: Attorney, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, and Brandt, 2012-present; staff attorney, Alabama appellate courts, 2005-2012; member, Alabama State Bar.

Civic experience: Vice president, National Alumni Association, University of Montevallo, 2010-2012; elder, Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 2005-present; member, Federalist Society; former member, Board of Directors of Hands On Birmingham; founding member, Hands On Birmingham’s Junior Board of Directors; board of directors, Greater Shelby Chamber of Commerce; past vice chairman of Board of Directors, University of Montevallo’s National Alumni Association.

Education: Studied at University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1994-1996; B.A. in History, University of Montevallo, 1998; J.D., Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, 2001.

Main issues:Guns and jobs are Fridy’s election priorities.

“If re-elected, I want to continue to focus on economic growth, job creation and protecting the Second Amendment,” he said.

Top contributor: Trial, $5,000; Alabama Medical PAC, $5,000; Retailers of Alabama PAC, $3,000; Auto PAC, $2,500; Truk (cq) PAC, $2500; Alabama REALTORS PAC, $2,500; SHR PAC, $2,500; SAVE PAC, $2,000.

Campaign: www.mattfridy.com