Alabama Senate

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The seal of the Alabama Senate.
The seal of the Alabama Senate.

The Alabama Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The body is composed of 35 members representing an equal amount of districts across the state, with each district containing at least 127,140 citizens. Similar to the lower House, the Senate serves both without term limits and with a four-year term.

The Alabama Senate meet at the State House in Montgomery.

Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions and boards.

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The Lieutenant Governor of Alabama serves as the President of the Senate, but only casts a vote if required to break a tie. In his or her absence, the President Pro Tempore presides over the Senate. The President Pro Tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the entire Senate through a Senate Resolution. The President Pro Tempore is the chief leadership position in the Senate. The other Senate Majority and Minority leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses.

The President of the Senate is Alabama Lieutenant Governor Jim Folsom, Jr.. The President Pro Tempore is Democrat Hinton Mitchem of the 9th District (Blount, Madison, Marshall). The Majority Leader is Democrat Zeb Little of the 4th District (Cullman, Lawrence, Winston). The Minority Leader is Republican J. T. Waggoner of the 16th District (Jefferson, Shelby).

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 23
  Republican Party 12
 Total
 35
 Majority
 11

For all practical purposes, the Democrats only hold a 19 to 16 majority, as 4 Democrats currently caucus with the Republicans.

District Name Party Hometown First Elected Counties Represented

1

 Bobby E. Denton Democrat Muscle Shoals 1978 Colbert, Lauderdale

2

 Tom Butler Democrat Madison 1994 Limestone, Madison

3

 Arthur Orr Republican Decatur 2006 Limestone, Madison, Morgan

4

 Zeb Little Democrat Cullman 1998 Cullman, Lawrence, Winston

5

 Charles Bishop Republican Jasper 2006 Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston

6

 Roger Bedford, Jr. Democrat Russellville 1982 Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Winston

7

 Parker Griffith Democrat Huntsville 2006 Madison

8

 Lowell Barron Democrat Fyffe 1982 DeKalb, Jackson, Madison

9

 Hinton Mitchem Democrat Union Grove 1978 Blount, Madison, Marshall

10

 Larry Means Democrat Attalla 1998 Cherokee, Etowah

11

 Jim Preuitt Democrat Talladega 1980 Calhoun, Coosa, Elmore, Talladega

12

 Del Marsh Republican Anniston 1998 Calhoun, St. Clair

13

 Kim Benefield Democrat Woodland 2006 Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph

14

 Henry E. Erwin, Jr. Republican Montevallo 2002 Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby

15

 Steve French Republican Birmingham 1998 Jefferson, Shelby

16

 J. T. Waggoner Republican Birmingham 1990 Jefferson, Shelby

17

 Scott Beason Republican Gardendale 2006 Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair

18

 Rodger Smitherman Democrat Birmingham 1994 Jefferson

19

 Edward McClain Democrat Midfield 1994 Jefferson

20

 Linda Coleman Democrat Birmingham 2006 Jefferson

21

 Phil Poole Democrat Moundville 1994 Hale, Pickens, Tuscaloosa

22

 Pat Lindsey Democrat Butler 1982 Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington

23

 Henry Sanders Democrat Selma 1982 Autauga, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Wilcox

24

 Bobby Singleton Democrat Greensboro 2005 Bibb, Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

25

 Larry Dixon Republican Montgomery 1982 Elmore, Montgomery

26

 Quinton Ross Democrat Montgomery 2002 Montgomery

27

 T. D. Little Democrat Auburn 1978 Lee, Russell, Tallapoosa

28

 Myron Penn Democrat Union Springs 2002 Barbour, Bullock, Henry, Lee, Macon, Russell

29

 Harri Anne Smith Republican Slocomb 1998 Dale, Geneva, Houston

30

 Wendell Mitchell Democrat Luverne 1982 Autauga, Butler, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Pike

31

 Jimmy Holley Democrat Elba 1998 Coffee, Covington, Dale, Houston

32

 Trip Pittman Republican Eastern Shore 2007 Baldwin

33

 Vivian Davis Figures Democrat Mobile 1997 Mobile

34

 Rusty Glover Republican Semmes 2006 Mobile

35

 Ben Brooks Republican Mobile 2006 Mobile

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