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Earl Gardner
Earl Gardner was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 1 of the Alabama State Senate.
Biography
Gardner's professional experience includes working as a classroom teacher, principal, and director.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Democracy.com highlighted Gardner's following campaign themes:[2]
- Lifelong Learning
- Excerpt: "Lifelong learning, is the “lifelong, voluntary, and self-motivated” pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons."
- The Importance of Small Business to Our Local Economy
- Excerpt: "Small businesses represent new employment opportunities and serve as the building blocks of our states’ larger corporations."
- A Vision for Teachers and Education
- Excerpt: "Teachers will lead the way in preparing the much needed workforce for these new jobs."
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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Gardner and his wife, Suzanne have two children and five grandchildren.[1]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Earl + Gardner + Alabama + Senate"
- All stories may not be relevant to this legislator due to the nature of the search engine.
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 Democracy.com, "Earl Gardner," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Democracy.com, "Issues," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ 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
