Susan DuBose
Susan DuBose (Republican Party) is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing District 45. She assumed office on November 9, 2022. Her current term ends on November 4, 2026.
DuBose (Republican Party) ran for election to the Alabama House of Representatives to represent District 45. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
DuBose completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Susan DuBose was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. DuBose earned a B.S. in finance from the University of South Alabama in 1985 and an M.B.A. from Spring Hill College. Her career experience includes working as a commercial lending officer with Compass Bank. DuBose served as the president of Republican Women of North Shelby County, the chairwoman of Distinguished Young Women of Shelby County, and the president and Heart Ball chairwoman of the American Heart Association.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
DuBose was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2022
See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Alabama House of Representatives District 45
Susan DuBose defeated Kari Whitaker in the general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 45 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Susan DuBose (R)  | 85.6 | 12,060 |
 | Kari Whitaker (L) | 13.8 | 1,950 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 86 | ||
| Total votes: 14,096 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 45
Susan DuBose defeated incumbent Dickie Drake in the Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 45 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susan DuBose | 67.2 | 5,099 |
 | Dickie Drake | 32.8 | 2,486 | |
| Total votes: 7,585 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Susan DuBose completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by DuBose's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Limited Government/Low taxes. Government should be limited so that we are free to run our businesses and raise our children without mandates or over regulation. The government should not pick winners or losers, they should not decide which businesses are essential and who should remain open or closed. Parents should make decisions for their children regarding their education and medical care. I would not have supported the gas tax in 2019 . I believe with infrastructure funding forthcoming and other revenue streams we could have found funding elsewhere. I think it is time to look at eliminating the state grocery tax and the gas tax.
- Education. The time is now to do something to bring real change to our education system. The answer is not throwing more money at a broken system. In District 45, I believe the residents feel we have good schools, but we must be diligent to continue to improve. I will work with and l listen to the educators in our district as well as parents to always try to represent what is best for our children.
- Protecting the Integrity of our Elections. People should know their vote is safe and that each vote cast is legal. I support election audits. I believe the state should handle our elections not the Federal government. I believe a paper ballot should back up each electronic vote and the ballot must be protected and secured. No drop boxes . Absentee ballots for authorized reasons only .
Term Limits- When it come to state elections I feel that 2 terms (eight years )is enough. The constitutional offices of Governor, Lt. Governor, Auditor, Treasurer and Agriculture Commissioner and others all are limited to two terms . I believe the State House and State Senate should be limited to 2 terms as well. I support term limits bill HB317 in the current session.
I also would be interested in the Economic Development and Tourism committee, the Shelby County County Legislation Committee and the Jefferson County Legislation Committee.
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Campaign finance summary
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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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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Alabama House of Representatives District 45 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 25, 2022
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Susan DuBose," accessed January 6, 2023
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| Preceded by Dickie Drake (R) |
Alabama House of Representatives District 45 2022-Present |
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