Английская Википедия:Bill Hightower
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Bill Hightower (born 1959) is an American politician from the state of Alabama. From 2013 through 2018, he was a Republican member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 35th district.[1]
Early life and education
Hightower was raised in Mobile, Alabama, where his father worked at the University of South Alabama's medical center.[2] Hightower graduated from the University of South Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in business and finance in 1984. After working in a textile factory in Saraland, Alabama, he attended Vanderbilt University, where he earned a Master of Business Administration in 1990.[3]
Career
Hightower owns a corporate consulting firm.[1] Hightower's wife, Susan, ran for the Alabama House of Representatives seat for the 103rd district in 2013, but lost to Margie Wilcox.[2]
Hightower won a special election to the Alabama Senate on March 12, 2013, to succeed Ben Brooks.[1] In 2014, the Sunlight Foundation ranked Hightower as the fourth-most conservative member of the state senate.[4] Hightower was re-elected in November 2014.
Hightower ran for governor of Alabama in the 2018 election.[2] He finished in fourth place in the Republican primary, receiving 4% of the vote, and endorsed Kay Ivey in the general election.[5]
With Bradley Byrne, who represents Шаблон:Ushr in the United States House of Representatives, opting not to run for reelection in the 2020 elections, Hightower announced his candidacy to succeed Byrne in April 2019.[6] He advanced to the runoff election, where he lost to Jerry Carl.[7]
Personal life
Hightower and his wife, Susan, have three children. They lived in the suburbs around Pittsburgh during the September 11 attacks, after which they returned to Alabama.Шаблон:Cn
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