Mack Butler
| Mack N. Butler | |
Alabama State Representative for District 30 (Etowah
and St. Clair counties) | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 12, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Blaine Galliher |
|---|---|
| Born | April 27, 1963 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Connie P. Butler |
| Children | Morgan, Caleb, Connor, and Carson Butler |
| Residence | Gadsden, Alabama |
| Occupation | Electrician Property investor |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Mack N. Butler (born April 27, 1963) is an electrician and property investor from Gadsden, Alabama, who is a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives for District 30 in Etowah and St. Clair counties in the northeastern portion of his state.
Born in Birmingham, Butler was reared in Gadsden and graduated from Gadsden High School and Gadsden State Community College and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Academy in Birmingham.[1] He also attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.[2] He has been employed by Butler Electrical Contractors in Gadsden. Since 2002, he has been the proprietor of Butler Properties. He is a member of the executive board of the Alabama Public Library in the capital city of Montgomery a former member of the Etowah County School Board. He is a former deputy sheriff for Etowah County. Butler was a delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention, which nominated U.S. Senator John McCain and Sarah Palin, then the governor of Alaska. He was an alternate delegate to the 2004 conclave in New York City, which re-nominated U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. He is a member of CrossPoint Community Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Gadsden. He and his wife, Connie, have four children, Morgan, Caleb, Connor, and Carson Butler.[1]
Butler won a special election to the House late in 2012 called because of the resignation of Blaine Galliher, who became the legislative director for then Governor Robert Bentley. He defeated intraparty rival Rob McHugh in the Republican primary on October 23 and the Democrat Elizabeth Golson "Beth" McGlaughn in the general election on December 11. In 2014, Butler won a full term in the office. After he defeated Robert McKay in the Republican primary, 4,039 votes (59 percent) to 2,811 (41 percent), he was unopposed in the November 4 general election.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Butler was an early supporter of conservative Republican former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court Roy Moore for the United States Senate seat vacated by now Attorney General Jeff Sessions.[3] Moore now faces a liberal Democrat, former United States Attorney Doug Jones, in the December 12 special election.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 {{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/143699/mack-butler#.WfPZk7pFzb0%7Ctitle Mack Butler's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 27, 2017}]
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedballotpedia - ↑ Mike Casson (August 22, 2017). Roy Moore gets endorsements from 14 Alabama lawmakers. Al.com. Retrieved on October 20, 2017.