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Jonathan Berryhill
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Jonathan Berryhill was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 1 of the Alabama State Senate.
Biography
Berryhill is CEO of B&B Health Services in Huntsville.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Berryhill's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
- Abortion: God has granted every person certain rights – and the most important of these is life. Every child is a blessing – God doesn’t make mistakes. I will fight to protect the lives of Alabama’s children.
- God in Schools: We removed God from our schools and yet we wonder why our graduation rates plummet and our prison numbers rise. I will fight to restore the rights of our Christian teachers, parents, and students to express and practice their beliefs in a way that encourages moral development and good citizenship.
- Reducing Government Bureaucracy: The overbearing regulations coming down from Federal Government are crippling the economic growth of the states and the freedoms of American citizens. I will fight to reduce the burden of these current regulations and to prevent new ones.
- Homeschooling: Parents that choose to not send their children to public schools pay the same taxes as those that do, yet receive far fewer returns on those taxes. I support a tax break for families who aren’t making the taxpayers fund their children’s education. A homeschooling family should not be required to pay taxes to fund the public education system, plus still have to pay their own education expenses.
- US Constitution: The State of Alabama has both a right and responsibility to not participate in federal programs and measures that blatantly and directly violate the US Constitution. To that end, I support the current attempt to nullify unconstitutional laws and executive orders signed into law and passed down by President Barack Obama.
- Tax Policy: No new taxes! I support revenue-neutral tax reform that would involve a higher emphasis on sales taxes. This would tie tax revenue to economic growth and therefore incentivize conservative, responsible government administration.
- Law Enforcement and Veterans: As a former Army Sergeant and police officer, I believe that benefits for Veterans should never be threatened, much less reduced. We owe our service members our lives and our freedoms, and we will never be able to repay that debt. The future and livelihood of our veterans should be considered sacred.
- Obamacare: Forcing Americans to buy unconstitutional and overly expensive healthcare plans is not what our Founding Fathers had in mind when they fought and died in the Revolution in the name of freedom. I support the efforts of our Republican legislature to fight this legislation.
- Common Core: The focus of our education system should be on creating good, productive, moral citizens – not competing with other countries on an academic level. We become great by encouraging greatness in our children, not by subjecting them to endless rounds of testing and standardized education using biased textbooks. Education of our children is the responsibility of our parents and our local school boards. I believe in raising our children in a manner that encourages exceptionalism, not standardization.
- Job Creation: I will push for tax breaks to relieve the burden on job creators and incentivize job growth. I will personally work with local and city officials in District 1 to help recruit businesses and expedite job growth. I will push for economic development in North Alabama and the Shoals in the Alabama Senate.
- Freedom: A Free People cannot survive under a Republican Constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong. I pledge to remain virtuous and morally strong.
Elections
2014
- See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Alabama State Senate 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. Mike Curtis defeated Earl Gardner in the Democratic primary. Chris Seibert, Jonathan Berryhill and Tim Melson faced off in the Republican primary. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters - Siebert and Melson - met in a runoff election, which Melson won.[3][4][5][6][7] Tim Melson then defeated Mike Curtis in the general election on November 4, 2014.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Tim Melson |
62.6% | 22,982 | |
| Democratic | Mike Curtis | 37.3% | 13,704 | |
| NA | Write-In | 0.1% | 25 | |
| Total Votes | 36,711 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Mike Curtis |
73.1% | 3,573 |
| Earl Gardner | 26.9% | 1,318 |
| Total Votes | 4,891 | |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Tim Melson |
39.8% | 4,953 |
| Chris Seibert |
36.6% | 4,560 |
| Jonathan Berryhill | 23.6% | 2,936 |
| Total Votes | 12,449 | |
Personal
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Berryhill has six children. He lives in Anderson.[1]
Recent news
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See also
- Alabama State Legislature
- Alabama State Senate
- Alabama state legislative districts
- Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 AL.com, "Republican Jonathan Berryhill formally announces plans to seek state Senate District 1 seat," March 6, 2014
- ↑ Jonathan Berryhill, "Platform," accessed May 1, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ AL.com, "Alabama primary runoffs: Live results from select statewide races," July 15, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Democrats, "Qualified candidates for public office list," accessed February 25, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Republican Party, "State Senate," accessed February 25, 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
Current members of the Alabama State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Steve Livingston
Minority Leader:Bobby Singleton
Senators
District 1
Tim Melson (R)
District 2
Tom Butler (R)
District 3
Arthur Orr (R)
District 4
Garlan Gudger (R)
District 5
Matt Woods (R)
District 6
Larry Stutts (R)
District 7
Sam Givhan (R)
District 8
Steve Livingston (R)
District 9
Wes Kitchens (R)
District 10
Andrew Jones (R)
District 11
Lance Bell (R)
District 12
Keith Kelley (R)
District 13
Randy Price (R)
District 14
April Weaver (R)
District 15
Dan Roberts (R)
District 16
J.T. Waggoner (R)
District 17
Shay Shelnutt (R)
District 18
District 19
Merika Coleman (D)
District 20
District 21
Gerald Allen (R)
District 22
Greg Albritton (R)
District 23
Robert Stewart (D)
District 24
Bobby Singleton (D)
District 25
Will Barfoot (R)
District 26
Kirk Hatcher (D)
District 27
Jay Hovey (R)
District 28
Billy Beasley (D)
District 29
Donnie Chesteen (R)
District 30
Clyde Chambliss (R)
District 31
Josh Carnley (R)
District 32
Chris Elliott (R)
District 33
Vivian Figures (D)
District 34
Jack Williams (R)
District 35
David Sessions (R)
Republican Party (27)
Democratic Party (8)
