Jerry Hill (Alabama)
Jerry Hill was a 2016 Republican special election candidate for District 5 of the Alabama House of Representatives.[1]
Hill was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Alabama. He was defeated in the primary by incumbent Mo Brooks.[2] He previously was an Independent candidate for District 5 of the Alabama House of Representatives in 2010.
Hill served on the City Council of Athens, Alabama, from 1986 to 1990. He was also a candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives in 2006 but was not elected.
Biography
Hill earned his B.B.A. in business from Campbell College in 1974. He went on to receive his M.A.S. in management from the University of Alabama in 1978. Hill served in the United States Army from 1958 to 2008.[3]
Elections
2015
A special election for the position of Alabama House of Representatives District 5 was called for February 16. A primary election took place on September 29, and a primary runoff election took place on December 8. The filing deadline for major party candidates wishing to run in this election was July 27. The filing deadline for third-party candidates was September 29.[4]
The seat was vacant following Dan Williams' (R) death on July 1.[5]
Henry White was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Ronnie Coffman, Danny Crawford, Mike Criscillis, Jerry Hill and Chris Seibert faced off in the Republican primary.[1] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Seibert and Crawford, met in a Republican runoff election, which Crawford won.[6] White was defeated by Crawford in the special election.[7][8]
2014
Hill ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Alabama's 5th District. Hill was defeated by incumbent Mo Brooks in the primary on June 3, 2014.[2]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mo Brooks Incumbent |
80.3% | 49,117 | ||
| Jerry Hill | 19.7% | 12,038 | ||
| Total Votes | 61,155 | |||
| Source: Alabama Secretary of State |
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2010
Hill was defeated in the November 2 general election by Republican Dan Williams.[9]
| Alabama House of Representatives, District 5 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Dan Williams (R)
|
8,807 | |||
| Henry White (D) | 5,402 | |||
| Jerry Hill (I) | 1,359 | |||
Personal
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Hill and his wife, Brigitte, have three children.[3]
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Alabama's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014
- Alabama's 5th Congressional District
- State legislative special elections, 2016
- Alabama House of Representatives
- Alabama House of Representatives District 5
- Alabama State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 AL.com, "5 Republicans, 1 Democrat seek vacant Alabama House seat," July 28, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Politico, "2014 Alabama House Primaries Results," June 3, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Office of Alabama Governor, "Governor Bentley Announces Special Election Timeline for House District 5," accessed July 21, 2015
- ↑ DecaturDaily.com, "Rep. Dan Williams, an elected official for nearly four decades, dies of leukemia," accessed July 2, 2015
- ↑ AL.com, "Familiar foes in GOP runoff for state House seat," accessed September 30, 2015
- ↑ whnt.com, "Danny Crawford wins special election to fill vacant Limestone County District 5 seat," accessed February 17, 2016
- ↑ AL.com, "Danny Crawford wins House GOP runoff in north Alabama," accessed December 8, 2015
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed July 8, 2015
