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Anthony Daniels
Anthony Daniels (Democratic Party) is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing District 53. He assumed office on November 5, 2014. His current term ends on November 4, 2026.
Daniels (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Alabama's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary runoff on April 16, 2024.
Daniels began serving as Alabama House of Representatives Minority Leader on February 8, 2017.[1]
Biography
Daniels' professional experience includes teaching elementary school and co-owning a dental practice.[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Daniels was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Policy Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Madison County Legislation Committee
- House Rules Committee
- License Plates Legislative Oversight Committee (Decommissioned)
2021-2022
Daniels was assigned to the following committees:
- House Rules Committee
- House Education Policy Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Madison County Legislation Committee
2019-2020
Daniels was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Policy Committee
- Madison County Legislation Committee
- Insurance Committee
- House Rules Committee
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Daniels served on the following committees:
| Alabama committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Commerce and Small Business |
| • Insurance |
| • Madison County Legislation |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
See also: Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Alabama District 2
Shomari Figures defeated Caroleene Dobson in the general election for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shomari Figures (D) | 54.6 | 158,041 |
 | Caroleene Dobson (R) | 45.4 | 131,414 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 219 | ||
| Total votes: 289,674 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 2
Shomari Figures defeated Anthony Daniels in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on April 16, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shomari Figures | 61.1 | 21,962 |
 | Anthony Daniels | 38.9 | 14,006 | |
| Total votes: 35,968 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 2
Caroleene Dobson defeated Dick Brewbaker in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on April 16, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Caroleene Dobson | 58.4 | 14,705 |
 | Dick Brewbaker | 41.6 | 10,471 | |
| Total votes: 25,176 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shomari Figures | 43.4 | 24,980 |
| ✔ | | Anthony Daniels | 22.4 | 12,879 |
 | Napoleon Bracy Jr. | 15.7 | 9,010 | |
 | Merika Coleman | 6.0 | 3,445 | |
 | Phyllis Harvey-Hall | 3.5 | 2,007 | |
 | James Averhart | 2.8 | 1,623 | |
 | Jeremy Gray | 2.7 | 1,580 | |
 | Juandalynn Givan | 2.2 | 1,261 | |
 | Vimal Patel | 0.5 | 289 | |
| Larry Darnell Simpson | 0.4 | 247 | ||
 | Willie Lenard | 0.3 | 199 | |
| Total votes: 57,520 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Gary (D)
- Darryl Sinkfield (D)
- Terell Anderson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dick Brewbaker | 39.6 | 22,589 |
| ✔ | | Caroleene Dobson | 26.5 | 15,102 |
 | Greg Albritton | 25.3 | 14,434 | |
 | Hampton Harris | 2.5 | 1,414 | |
| Belinda Thomas | 1.9 | 1,082 | ||
 | Wallace Gilberry (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.5 | 838 | |
 | Karla DuPriest | 1.4 | 823 | |
| Stacey Shepperson | 1.4 | 773 | ||
| Total votes: 57,055 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Barry Moore (R)
- Simon Mark Alvarez (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Daniels in this election.
2022
See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Alabama House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Anthony Daniels won election in the general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 53 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony Daniels (D) | 97.4 | 5,748 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.6 | 155 | ||
| Total votes: 5,903 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mason Reams (L)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Anthony Daniels advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 53.
2018
General election
General election for Alabama House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Anthony Daniels won election in the general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 53 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony Daniels (D) | 98.5 | 8,375 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 130 | ||
| Total votes: 8,505 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Anthony Daniels advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 53 on June 5, 2018.
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2014
Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Anthony Daniels was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Elbert Peters (R) withdrew on April 1, 2014, after realizing he did not live in the district.[3]. Christian Horn (R) was selected to replace Peters on April 7, 2014. Daniels then defeated Horn in the general election on November 4, 2014.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Anthony Daniels |
77.6% | 4,166 | |
| Republican | Christian Horn | 22.2% | 1,190 | |
| NA | Write-In | 0.2% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 5,366 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Anthony Daniels did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from February 6 to May 9.
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2023
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In 2023, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from March 7 to June 6.
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2022
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In 2022, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from January 11 to April 7.
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2021
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In 2021, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from February 2 to May 17.
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2020
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In 2020, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from February 4 to May 18.
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2019
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In 2019, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from March 5 through May 31.
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2018
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In 2018, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from January 9 to March 29.
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2017
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In 2017, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from February 7 through May 19.
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2016
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In 2016, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from February 2 through May 4. The Legislature held a special session from August 15 to September 7.
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2015
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In 2015, the Alabama State Legislature was in session from March 3 through June 4.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. House Alabama District 2 |
Officeholder Alabama House of Representatives District 53 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ ‘’Business Council of Alabama,’’ “Business-Backed Representative Anthony Daniels Elected House Minority Leader,” accessed February 6, 2024
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedintro - ↑ AL.com, "Elbert Peters, GOP candidate for House District 53 race, resigns candidacy after realizing he doesn't live in district," April 2, 2014
- ↑ AL.com, "Over Democrats' protest, Republicans pursuing replacement candidate for House race in Huntsville," April 7, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Democrats, "Qualified candidates for public office list," accessed February 27, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Republican Party, "State Senate," accessed February 27, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Democratic Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Republican Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ AL.com, "Alabama 2014 general election: Results for statewide and congressional races," November 4, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Anthony Johnson (D) |
Alabama House of Representatives District 53 2014-Present |
Succeeded by - |
