Alabama Democratic Party
Alabama Democratic Party | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Nancy Worley |
| Headquarters | Montgomery, AL |
| Ideology | Centrism Conservatism Modern liberalism |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| Website | |
| aldemocrats.org | |
The Alabama Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Alabama. It is chaired by Nancy Worley.
Federally, Alabama has not voted for a Democrat for President since Jimmy Carter was the nominee in 1976. In Congress, Democrats hold one out of Alabama's seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and do not hold either of the state's U.S. Senate seats. The only Vice President from Alabama was a Democrat, William Rufus King who ran with Franklin Pierce in 1852. However, King died the following year without ever executing a single duty of the office.
In the state legislature, it is now the minority party, having lost control in 2010 after 136 years. Democrats are also the minority party in statewide offices. Of 19 statewide appellate court positions, Democrats only maintained the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Sue Bell Cobb) until Cobb's resignation in 2011.
Current elected officials
Member of Congress
Statewide offices
- None
State Legislature
- Senate Minority Leader: Quinton Ross
- House Minority Leader: Craig Ford
Chronology of Chairs
- 1955-1966: Roy Mayhall
- 1966-1977: Bob Vance
- 1977-1980: George Lewis Bailes
- 1980-1984: Jimmy Knight
- 1984-1991: John Baker
- 1991-1992: Jack Hurley
- 1992-1996: Bill Blount
- 1996-1998: Joe Turnham
- 1998-2001: Jack Miller
- 2001-2005: Redding Pitt
- 2005-2011: Joe Turnham
- 2011-2013: Mark Kennedy
- 2013–present: Nancy Worley
Chronology of Executive Directors
197?-1983: Louise Lindblom
- 198?-1997: Al LaPierre
- 1998-2000: Giles Perkins
- 2000: Wade Perry
- 2000-2001: Phillip Kinney
- 2001-2003: Marsha Folsom
- 2003-2004: Mike Kanarick
- 2004-2011: Jim Spearman
- 2011-2013: Bradley Davidson
See also
External links
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