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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other people named Bob Riley, see <a href="Bob_Riley_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Bob Riley (disambiguation)">Bob Riley (disambiguation)</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Bob Riley</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Riley in 2005</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">52nd <a href="List_of_governors_of_Alabama" title="List of governors of Alabama">Governor of Alabama</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>January 20, 2003 – January 17, 2011</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Lucy_Baxley" title="Lucy Baxley">Lucy Baxley</a><br><a href="Jim_Folsom_Jr." title="Jim Folsom Jr.">Jim Folsom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Don_Siegelman" title="Don Siegelman">Don Siegelman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Robert_J._Bentley" title="Robert J. Bentley">Robert Bentley</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br>from <a href="Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Alabama03 !"><a href="Alabama's_3rd_congressional_district" title="Alabama's 3rd congressional district">3rd</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Glen_Browder" title="Glen Browder">Glen Browder</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Mike_Rogers_(Alabama_politician)" title="Mike Rogers (Alabama politician)">Mike Rogers</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">

</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Robert Renfroe Riley</div><br><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-10-03</span>) </span>October 3, 1944<br><a href="Ashland%2C_Alabama" title="Ashland, Alabama">Ashland, Alabama</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1298804929">

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<div class="marriage-display-inline"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Patsy Adams</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1964)<wbr></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a> (<a href="Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Robert Renfroe Riley</b> (born October 3, 1944) is an American retired politician and businessman who served as the 52nd <a href="Governor_of_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Alabama">governor of Alabama</a> from 2003 to 2011. A member of the <a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, he was the <a href="U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> for <a href="Alabama's_3rd_congressional_district" title="Alabama's 3rd congressional district">Alabama's 3rd congressional district</a> from 1997 to 2003.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education_and_early_career">Early life, education and early career</h2></div>

<p>Riley was born in <a href="Ashland%2C_Alabama" title="Ashland, Alabama">Ashland, Alabama</a>, a small town in <a href="Clay_County%2C_Alabama" title="Clay County, Alabama">Clay County</a> where his family ranched and farmed for six generations. Riley attended the <a href="University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a>, where he was a brother of <a href="Phi_Kappa_Sigma" title="Phi Kappa Sigma">Phi Kappa Sigma</a> fraternity and graduated with a degree in business administration. Prior to being elected to the U.S. House in 1996, Riley had led a number of businesses. He owned a car dealership and trucking company, and had also been a cattleman and commercial and residential realtor.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2></div>

<p>Riley was first elected to the <a href="United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> in 1996, defeating his Democratic opponent, State Senator T.D. "Ted" Little (<a href="Auburn%2C_Alabama" title="Auburn, Alabama">Auburn</a>) and <a href="Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> <a href="John_Sophocleus" title="John Sophocleus">John Sophocleus</a>. It was his first run for elected office. He won by just over 6,000 votes to become only the second Republican to represent Alabama's 3rd district since <a href="Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction</a>. The first was <a href="Glenn_Andrews" title="Glenn Andrews">Glenn Andrews</a>, who held it from 1965 to 1967, when it was numbered as the 4th District.

</p><p>Riley was reelected in 1998 with somewhat less difficulty, taking 58% of the vote over Democrat Joe Turnham. In 2000, he only faced a <a href="Libertarian_Party_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party of the United States">Libertarian</a> candidate.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Alabama">Governor of Alabama</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002_election">2002 election</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="2002_Alabama_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Alabama gubernatorial election">2002 Alabama gubernatorial election</a></div>

<p>Riley did not run for re-election to the House in November 2002 (as a supporter of <a href="Term_limits" class="mw-redirect" title="Term limits">term limits</a>, he imposed a three-term limit on himself), instead running for governor of Alabama and defeating the <a href="United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> incumbent <a href="Don_Siegelman" title="Don Siegelman">Don Siegelman</a> by approximately 3,000 votes - the narrowest margin in the state's history for a gubernatorial race. The result was controversial, as the initial election night count showed a 2,000-plus vote victory for Siegelman.

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<caption>Alabama gubernatorial election, 2002

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<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a>

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<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn">Bob Riley

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">672,225

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.2

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<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><a href="Don_Siegelman" title="Don Siegelman">Don Siegelman</a> (incumbent)

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">669,105

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.9

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.1

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<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn">John Sophocleus

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,272

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.7

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_term">First term</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Approval_ratings">Approval ratings</h4></div>

<p>On May 10, 2005, Riley's approval ratings were 36% approving and 52% disapproving of his job as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By September 20, 2005, Riley's approval ratings had increased substantially to 58% approving and 38% disapproving.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Analysis of this increase seems to indicate that it may be attributed to the public's perception of Riley's response to Hurricane Katrina. By February 14, 2006, Riley's approval ratings had slightly decreased, with 52% approving and 43% disapproving of his job as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By August 2006, his approval rating was at 62% with a disapproval rating of 35%.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Supreme_Court">Supreme Court</h4></div>

<p>In 2003, Alabama state politics gained national attention when the chief justice of the <a href="Alabama_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama Supreme Court">Alabama Supreme Court</a>, <a href="Roy_Moore" title="Roy Moore">Roy Moore</a>, refused to remove a monument of the <a href="Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments">Ten Commandments</a> from the <a href="Rotunda_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotunda (architecture)">rotunda</a> of the court building. Riley reportedly supported Moore, but ultimately did not play a large role in the dispute. Riley stated there was nothing he could do to prevent Moore from being removed from office by a judicial ethics panel. Moore challenged Riley in the June 6, 2006, GOP primary.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Property_taxes">Property taxes</h4></div>

<p>Property tax appraisals became a major campaign issue with Riley's opponents claiming that Riley, acting through his revenue commissioner, ordered that property tax appraisals be made annually, rather than the <a href="Quadrennial" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadrennial">quadrennial</a> reappraisals that were established practice. Because property values tend to increase over time, making appraisals more frequent has the indirect effect of increasing the taxes paid by property owners. Riley's opponents claimed that by doing so, he raised taxes without a vote of either the Legislature or the people.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Riley claims he is merely following the language of the law, and the advice of his<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> attorneys.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Amendment_One">Amendment One</h4></div>

<p>In the first year of his administration, Riley proposed "<a href="Alabama_State_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama State Constitution">Amendment One</a>", which would have made swift changes to the state's tax system. The plan essentially consisted of income tax breaks for lower brackets, offset by various tax hikes on consumption, property and income from higher brackets. Part of the problem that this plan sought to address was the strong dependence the Alabama tax system placed upon sales tax, which makes the state budget dependent upon the economy in the state. The plan was estimated to yield an overall state revenue increase of $1.2 billion per year.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan also included accountability reforms, including changes to teacher tenure policies, accountability for school systems, and bans on pass-through pork. This plan also included provisions for a scholarship program for Alabama students to attend college and funding of other education initiatives.

</p><p>Both support and opposition to this plan came from traditionally opposing forces in Alabama, crossing party lines. This included support from pro-business organizations, including the Business Council of Alabama and many Chambers of Commerce, as well as prominent education organizations, including the Alabama Education Association. Other progressively-minded non-profit groups supported this plan, including many organizations that had sought changes in the Alabama tax system for many years. These organizations saw this as an opportunity for Alabama to invest in the future of the state through investments in education and governmental reforms. Riley also presented this plan using Christian terms, building upon language already present in the state to argue that the Alabama tax system placed the heaviest burden upon the poorest citizens of the state. Opponents to the plan included the Alabama chapter of the <a href="Christian_Coalition_of_America" title="Christian Coalition of America">Christian Coalition</a> (splitting with the national Christian Coalition who endorsed the plan), and the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA). A number of those who opposed this plan, including both organizations mentioned, had strongly supported Riley for governor in 2002. These opponents based a campaign upon a criticism of the state legislature and used the complexity of the plans to claim that taxes would go up on people in the state. While proponents had pointed to studies of the plan showing the majority of Alabamians seeing a lower overall tax burden, polls indicated that most citizens - likely influenced by the proposed property tax increase - believed their personal taxes would be higher under the plan.

</p><p>Amendment One was rejected by voters on September 9, 2003, with 68% opposed. While Riley's Amendment One was soundly rejected by Alabama voters, it did gain him national recognition. For his leadership in addressing the state's fiscal crisis, Governor Riley was named the "Public Official of the Year" by <i><a href="Governing_(magazine)" title="Governing (magazine)">Governing</a></i> magazine<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2003, and <i><a href="Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine hailed him for being one of the nation's "most courageous politicians".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The overwhelming rejection of this plan forced Riley to mend fences within his own base and seek to do some reforms without the broad tax increases that Amendment One sought. Some parts of the proposal have been enacted, such as efforts to raise the minimum tax threshold in Alabama.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Industrial_development">Industrial development</h4></div>

<p>Riley has claimed credit for helping to spur economic development in Alabama. Riley points to the opening of an aeronautics engineering facility in Mobile by <a href="EADS" class="mw-redirect" title="EADS">EADS</a>, the parent company of <a href="Airbus" title="Airbus">Airbus</a>, which may ripen into an aircraft assembly plant if EADS secures future contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Riley's critics have pointed out that Riley has failed to emulate the success of predecessors, such as Siegelman – during whose administration the Hyundai plant was successfully recruited<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – and <a href="Jim_Folsom%2C_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Folsom, Jr.">Jim Folsom, Jr.</a>, in securing automotive manufacturing plants. Specifically, when <a href="Kia_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Kia Motors">Kia</a> announced in March 2006 it would build a maunfucturing plant in Georgia,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Riley was criticized by Siegelman,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for Alabama's failure to mount a serious bid for the plant.

</p><p>Under Riley's administration, unemployment in Alabama fell from 5.3% in January 2003 when Riley took office to 3.3% in March 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This rate was the lowest ever recorded since statistics began being tracked in 1976 and was among the nations lowest.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hurricanes">Hurricanes</h4></div>

<p>In 2005, Governor Riley was criticized by some Mobile County residents after issuing that area of the state a "mandatory" evacuation order in advance of <a href="Hurricane_Dennis" title="Hurricane Dennis">Hurricane Dennis</a>' landfall. Residents felt the issue was better addressed during Hurricane Katrina using a layered approach with sections of the county evacuated instead of the entire county.

</p><p>On August 28, 2005, Governor Riley declared a state of emergency for the approaching <a href="Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>. On the same day, he requested president <a href="George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> to declare "expedited major disaster declaration" for six counties of south Alabama, which was approved by the evening of August 29. 350 national guardsmen were called on duty as of August 30.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<dl><dt>Aruba local government</dt></dl>

<p>On November 9, 2005, Riley called for a citizens' boycott of <a href="Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>, alleging that the local government was engaged in a cover-up of the disappearance of Alabama native <a href="Natalee_Holloway" class="mw-redirect" title="Natalee Holloway">Natalee Holloway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Abramoff_scandal">Abramoff scandal</h4></div>

<p>In November 2005, Riley was linked to the <a href="Jack_Abramoff" title="Jack Abramoff">Jack Abramoff</a> scandal when his former Congressional <a href="Press_secretary" title="Press secretary">press secretary</a>, <a href="Michael_Scanlon" title="Michael Scanlon">Michael Scanlon</a>, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the matter. It further emerged that, as a Congressman, Riley signed a letter on behalf of the U.S. Family Network, opposing expansion of casino gambling in Alabama.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Family Network was revealed to be an Abramoff front, funded by the Mississippi Band of <a href="Choctaw" title="Choctaw">Choctaw</a> Indians, which operated competing <a href="Casino" title="Casino">casinos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Riley has denied knowing the source of this funding.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_election">2006 election</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="2006_Alabama_gubernatorial_election" title="2006 Alabama gubernatorial election">2006 Alabama gubernatorial election</a></div>

<p>Riley defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor <a href="Lucy_Baxley" title="Lucy Baxley">Lucy Baxley</a> easily as his approval ratings made a comeback.

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<caption>Alabama gubernatorial election, 2006

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<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party

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<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate

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<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes

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<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%

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<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b>

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<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><b>Bob Riley (Incumbent) </b>

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<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a>

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<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><a href="Lucy_Baxley" title="Lucy Baxley">Lucy Baxley</a>

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">518,750

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.97

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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.93

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_term">Second term</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Economy">Economy</h4></div>

<p>In April 2007, the unemployment rate once again reached 3.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, recent labor statistics provided by the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations indicate that under Governor Riley, Alabama's unemployment nearly tripled to a seasonally adjusted rate of 8.4% in February 2009. The rates for seasonally adjusted and unadjusted range from 7.8–8.9% for January and February 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Under Governor Riley, Alabama's unemployment has continued to climb, and Alabama Department of Industrial Relations Director Tom Surtees issued a press release dated June 19, 2009, which indicated that Alabama's unemployment rate for May rose to 9.8%, an increase from April's rate of 9.0%, and is Alabama's highest unemployment rate in 25 years.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Critics have claimed that recent developments are a consequence of national economic recovery and pointed to the loss of thousands of Alabama's historic textile jobs under Riley. Nevertheless, the state under Riley's administration was recognized as "State of the Year" by <i>Southern Business and Development</i> magazine four years in a row and received other awards for competitiveness, job creation and economic development.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Among other honors, <i>Worldwide Interactive Network</i> named the Alabama Office of Workforce Development the No. 1 U.S. employee development agency and <i>Expansion Management</i> magazine has ranked Alabama Industrial Development Training No. 1 among workforce training programs.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Riley's Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel received the National Council of State Tourism Directors' annual Mercury Award recognizing its "Year of Alabama Food" as the nation's top tourism campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In May 2007, Riley announced that <a href="ThyssenKrupp" title="ThyssenKrupp">ThyssenKrupp</a> would build a $4.2 billion state-of-the-art steel mill north of <a href="Mobile%2C_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>, the largest economic announcement in Alabama's history, and largest corporate project in U.S. history. The mill, now in operation, employs 2,700 workers<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Transparency">Transparency</h4></div>

<p>As part of his plan to provide open government, Riley has posted on the Governor's website the monthly expenditures from the Governor's Contingency Fund and the quarterly flight logs from all state airplanes.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Death_penalty">Death penalty</h4></div>

<p>As governor, Riley oversaw 25 executions in Alabama, more than any of his predecessors since 1983 (see <a href="Capital_punishment_in_Alabama" title="Capital punishment in Alabama">Capital punishment in Alabama</a>).

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Apology_for_slavery">Apology for slavery</h4></div>

<p>In 2007, Riley signed a resolution passed by the legislature apologizing for <a href="Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slavery</a> in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2012_presidential_speculation">2012 presidential speculation</h2></div>

<p>An editorial by <i><a href="The_Washington_Times" title="The Washington Times">The Washington Times</a></i> and separate piece in the paper on August 13, 2009, in what was deemed to be an open endorsement of Bob Riley as a potential <a href="2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 presidential candidate</a> instantly threw the governor's name into the political field of possible nominees as state and national media jumped on the story. Governor Riley during an interview the same day denied he was considering a future presidential run. On February 2, 2011, both the <i><a href="Birmingham_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham News">Birmingham News</a></i> and the <i><a href="Decatur_Daily" class="mw-redirect" title="Decatur Daily">Decatur Daily</a></i> also ran stories speculating that Riley was considering running for president.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, Riley did not run.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div>

<p>Riley is married to the former Patsy Adams, also from Clay County. The Rileys have four children, Rob, Jenice, Minda and Krisalyn. Jenice, the Rileys' first daughter and the campaign's fundraiser, died in August 2001. The Rileys have three granddaughters and three grandsons. He is an alumni brother of <a href="Phi_Kappa_Sigma" title="Phi Kappa Sigma">Phi Kappa Sigma</a>.

</p><p>On June 26, 2011, Riley was on a cross-country trip on his <a href="Harley-Davidson" title="Harley-Davidson">Harley-Davidson</a> motorcycle when he crashed on the <a href="Dalton_Highway" title="Dalton Highway">Dalton Highway</a> in <a href="Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> and sustained serious injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2></div>

<caption>Alabama's 3rd congressional district election, 1996

</caption>

<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%

</th></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><b>Bob Riley </b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn">Ted Little

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">92,325

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">47.3

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn">Lucy Lawrence

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">2,335

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">1.2

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn">Ralph Stokes

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">1,983

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">1.0

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a>

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">51

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">0.0

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><b>Total votes</b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

<td colspan="4"><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<caption>Alabama's 3rd congressional district election, 1998

</caption>

<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%

</th></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><b>Bob Riley (incumbent) </b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><a href="Joe_Turnham" title="Joe Turnham">Joe Turnham</a>

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">73,357

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">41.9

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a>

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">129

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">0.1

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><b>Total votes</b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" colspan="4"><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b>

</th></tr>

</tbody></table>

<caption>Alabama's 3rd congressional district election, 2000

</caption>

<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%

</th></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><b>Bob Riley (incumbent) </b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><a href="John_Sophocleus" title="John Sophocleus">John Sophocleus</a>

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">21,119

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">12.5

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a>

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">1,083

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">0.6

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><b>Total votes</b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

</th></tr>

</tbody></table>

<caption>Alabama Republican gubernatorial primary, 2002

</caption>

<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%

</th></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><b>Bob Riley </b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><a href="Steve_Windom" title="Steve Windom">Steve Windom</a>

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">63,775

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">17.8

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><a href="Tim_James_(Alabama_politician)" title="Tim James (Alabama politician)">Tim James</a>

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">30,871

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">8.6

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><b>Total votes</b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<caption><a href="2002_Alabama_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Alabama gubernatorial election">Alabama gubernatorial election, 2002</a>

</caption>

<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%

</th></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><b>Bob Riley </b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><a href="Don_Siegelman" title="Don Siegelman">Don Siegelman</a> (incumbent)

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">669,105

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">49.0

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn">John Sophocleus

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">23,272

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">1.7

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a>

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">2,451

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">0.2

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><b>Total votes</b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<caption>Alabama Republican gubernatorial primary, 2006

</caption>

<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%

</th></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><b>Bob Riley (incumbent) </b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><a href="Roy_Moore" title="Roy Moore">Roy Moore</a>

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">153,354

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">33.3

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><b>Total votes</b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<caption><a href="2006_Alabama_gubernatorial_election" title="2006 Alabama gubernatorial election">Alabama gubernatorial election, 2006</a>

</caption>

<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes

</th>

<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%

</th></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><b>Bob Riley (incumbent) </b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>

</td>

<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn"><a href="Lucy_Baxley" title="Lucy Baxley">Lucy Baxley</a>

</th>

<td style="text-align:right">519,827

</td>

<td style="text-align:right">41.6

</td></tr>

</td>

<td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a>

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">12,247

</td>

<td style="text-align:right;">1.0

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><b>Total votes</b>

</th>

</td>

</td></tr>

</td>

</th></tr>

</tbody></table>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>

<ul><li>Armbrester, Margaret E. "Robert "Bob" Riley (2003–11)" <i>Encyclopedia of Alabama</i> (2021) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1507">online</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.governor.state.al.us/">Alabama Governor Bob Riley</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200115045821/http://www.governor.state.al.us/">Archived</a> January 15, 2020, at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>official state site</i></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061101201214/http://www.bobrileyforgovernor.com/">Bob Riley for Governor</a> <i>official campaign site</i></li>

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</style><div id="Governors_and_lieutenant_governors_of_Alabama158" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="List_of_governors_of_Alabama" title="List of governors of Alabama">Governors</a> and <a href="List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Alabama">lieutenant governors</a> of <a href="Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Israel_Pickens" title="Israel Pickens">Pickens</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Murphy_(Alabama_politician)" title="John Murphy (Alabama politician)">Murphy</a></li>

<li><a href="Gabriel_Moore" title="Gabriel Moore">G. Moore</a></li>

<li><a href="Samuel_B._Moore" title="Samuel B. Moore">S. Moore</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Gayle_(Alabama_politician)" title="John Gayle (Alabama politician)">Gayle</a></li>

<li><a href="Hugh_McVay" title="Hugh McVay">McVay</a></li>

<li><a href="Arthur_P._Bagby" title="Arthur P. Bagby">Bagby</a></li>

<li><a href="Benjamin_Fitzpatrick" title="Benjamin Fitzpatrick">Fitzpatrick</a></li>

<li><a href="Joshua_L._Martin" title="Joshua L. Martin">Martin</a></li>

<li><a href="Reuben_Chapman" title="Reuben Chapman">Chapman</a></li>

<li><a href="Henry_W._Collier" title="Henry W. Collier">Collier</a></li>

<li><a href="John_A._Winston" title="John A. Winston">Winston</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrew_B._Moore" title="Andrew B. Moore">A. Moore</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Gill_Shorter" title="John Gill Shorter">Shorter</a></li>

<li><a href="Thomas_H._Watts" title="Thomas H. Watts">Watts</a></li>

<li><a href="Lewis_E._Parsons" title="Lewis E. Parsons">Parsons</a></li>

<li><a href="Robert_M._Patton" title="Robert M. Patton">Patton</a></li>

<li><a href="Wager_Swayne" title="Wager Swayne">Swayne</a></li>

<li><a href="William_Hugh_Smith" title="William Hugh Smith">Smith</a></li>

<li><a href="Robert_B._Lindsay" title="Robert B. Lindsay">Lindsay</a></li>

<li><a href="David_P._Lewis" title="David P. Lewis">Lewis</a></li>

<li><a href="George_S._Houston" title="George S. Houston">Houston</a></li>

<li><a href="Thomas_G._Jones" title="Thomas G. Jones">T. Jones</a></li>

<li><a href="William_C._Oates" title="William C. Oates">Oates</a></li>

<li><a href="Joseph_F._Johnston" title="Joseph F. Johnston">Johnston</a></li>

<li><a href="William_J._Samford" title="William J. Samford">Samford</a></li>

<li><a href="William_D._Jelks" title="William D. Jelks">Jelks</a></li>

<li><a href="B._B._Comer" title="B. B. Comer">Comer</a></li>

<li><a href="Charles_Henderson_(Alabama_politician)" title="Charles Henderson (Alabama politician)">Henderson</a></li>

<li><a href="Thomas_Kilby" title="Thomas Kilby">Kilby</a></li>

<li><a href="William_W._Brandon" title="William W. Brandon">Brandon</a></li>

<li><a href="Bibb_Graves" title="Bibb Graves">Graves</a></li>

<li><a href="Benjamin_M._Miller" title="Benjamin M. Miller">Miller</a></li>

<li><a href="Bibb_Graves" title="Bibb Graves">Graves</a></li>

<li><a href="Frank_M._Dixon" title="Frank M. Dixon">Dixon</a></li>

<li><a href="Chauncey_Sparks" title="Chauncey Sparks">Sparks</a></li>

<li><a href="Jim_Folsom" title="Jim Folsom">Folsom Sr.</a></li>

<li><a href="Gordon_Persons" title="Gordon Persons">Persons</a></li>

<li><a href="Jim_Folsom" title="Jim Folsom">Folsom Sr.</a></li>

<li><a href="John_M._Patterson" title="John M. Patterson">Patterson</a></li>

<li><a href="George_Wallace" title="George Wallace">G. Wallace</a></li>

<li><a href="Lurleen_Wallace" title="Lurleen Wallace">L. Wallace</a></li>

<li><a href="Albert_Brewer" title="Albert Brewer">Brewer</a></li>

<li><a href="George_Wallace" title="George Wallace">G. Wallace</a></li>

<li><a href="Fob_James" title="Fob James">James</a></li>

<li><a href="George_Wallace" title="George Wallace">G. Wallace</a></li>

<li><a href="Jim_Folsom_Jr." title="Jim Folsom Jr.">Folsom Jr.</a></li>

<li><a href="Fob_James" title="Fob James">James</a></li>

<li><a href="Don_Siegelman" title="Don Siegelman">Siegelman</a></li>

<li><a href="Robert_J._Bentley" title="Robert J. Bentley">Bentley</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Andrew_J._Applegate" title="Andrew J. Applegate">Applegate</a></li>

<li><a href="Edward_H._Moren" title="Edward H. Moren">Moren</a></li>

<li><a href="Alexander_McKinstry" title="Alexander McKinstry">McKinstry</a></li>

<li><a href="Robert_F._Ligon" title="Robert F. Ligon">Ligon</a></li>

<li><a href="Russell_McWhortor_Cunningham" title="Russell McWhortor Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li>

<li><a href="Thomas_Kilby" title="Thomas Kilby">Kilby</a></li>

<li><a href="Nathan_Lee_Miller" title="Nathan Lee Miller">Miller</a></li>

<li><a href="Charles_S._McDowell" title="Charles S. McDowell">McDowell</a></li>

<li><a href="William_C._Davis_(American_politician)" title="William C. Davis (American politician)">Davis</a></li>

<li><a href="Hugh_Davis_Merrill" title="Hugh Davis Merrill">Merrill</a></li>

<li><a href="Thomas_E._Knight" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas E. Knight">Knight</a></li>

<li><a href="Albert_A._Carmichael" title="Albert A. Carmichael">Carmichael</a></li>

<li><a href="Leven_H._Ellis" title="Leven H. Ellis">Ellis</a></li>

<li><a href="James_C._Inzer" title="James C. Inzer">Inzer</a></li>

<li><a href="James_Allen_(Alabama_politician)" title="James Allen (Alabama politician)">Allen</a></li>

<li><a href="William_G._Hardwick" title="William G. Hardwick">Hardwick</a></li>

<li><a href="Albert_Boutwell" title="Albert Boutwell">Boutwell</a></li>

<li><a href="James_Allen_(Alabama_politician)" title="James Allen (Alabama politician)">Allen</a></li>

<li><a href="Albert_Brewer" title="Albert Brewer">Brewer</a></li>

<li><a href="Jere_Beasley" title="Jere Beasley">Beasley</a></li>

<li><a href="George_McMillan_(politician)" title="George McMillan (politician)">McMillan</a></li>

<li><a href="Bill_Baxley" title="Bill Baxley">B. Baxley</a></li>

<li><a href="Jim_Folsom_Jr." title="Jim Folsom Jr.">Folsom Jr.</a></li>

<li><a href="Don_Siegelman" title="Don Siegelman">Siegelman</a></li>

<li><a href="Steve_Windom" title="Steve Windom">Windom</a></li>

<li><a href="Lucy_Baxley" title="Lucy Baxley">L. Baxley</a></li>

<li><a href="Jim_Folsom_Jr." title="Jim Folsom Jr.">Folsom Jr.</a></li>

<li><a href="Will_Ainsworth" title="Will Ainsworth">Ainsworth</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Richard_Shelby" title="Richard Shelby">R. Shelby</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">J. Sessions</a> (R)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Sonny_Callahan" title="Sonny Callahan">S. Callahan</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="Bud_Cramer" title="Bud Cramer">R. Cramer</a> (D)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Spencer_Bachus" title="Spencer Bachus">S. Bachus</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Terry_Everett" title="Terry Everett">T. Everett</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="Earl_Hilliard" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl Hilliard">E. Hilliard</a> (D)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Robert_Aderholt" title="Robert Aderholt">R. Aderholt</a> (R)</li>

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<ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Richard_Shelby" title="Richard Shelby">R. Shelby</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">J. Sessions</a> (R)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Sonny_Callahan" title="Sonny Callahan">S. Callahan</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="Bud_Cramer" title="Bud Cramer">R. Cramer</a> (D)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Spencer_Bachus" title="Spencer Bachus">S. Bachus</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Terry_Everett" title="Terry Everett">T. Everett</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="Earl_Hilliard" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl Hilliard">E. Hilliard</a> (D)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Robert_Aderholt" title="Robert Aderholt">R. Aderholt</a> (R)</li>

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<ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Richard_Shelby" title="Richard Shelby">R. Shelby</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">J. Sessions</a> (R)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Sonny_Callahan" title="Sonny Callahan">S. Callahan</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="Bud_Cramer" title="Bud Cramer">R. Cramer</a> (D)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Spencer_Bachus" title="Spencer Bachus">S. Bachus</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Terry_Everett" title="Terry Everett">T. Everett</a> (R)</li>

<li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="Earl_Hilliard" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl Hilliard">E. Hilliard</a> (D)</li>

<li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="Robert_Aderholt" title="Robert Aderholt">R. Aderholt</a> (R)</li>

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