CHAIRMAN ARMISTEAD CONGRATULATES BILL HIGHTOWER
ON HIS ELECTION TO THE STATE SENATE
Mobile, AL – Bill Hightower won the Senate District 35 race in Mobile County on Tuesday, March 12th, after a Special Primary Runoff Election. Unofficial results show Hightower defeated fellow Republican Jim Barton by a margin of 64.19% to 35.81%. There were 6,587 total votes cast.
“The fact that no Democrat qualified to run for Senate District 35 demonstrates that Democrats have fallen out of favor with the voters in Alabama because their liberal policies do not align with the vast majority of Alabama voters,” stated Bill Armistead, Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party.
Armistead continued, “By not qualifying a Democrat, today’s winner will become the next State Senator for Mobile County. Voters had a tough choice between two great Republican candidates, and I offer my congratulations to Bill Hightower. I am excited to see what Senator Hightower is going to do for the people of Mobile County and the State of Alabama.”
The vacancy was created in Senate District 35 after Senator Ben Brooks resigned his seat after winning a position on the Mobile County Circuit Court last November.
Bill Hightower, a Mobile area businessman lead the Special Primary but did not break the 50% threshold to prevent a run-off. His opponent, State Representative Jim Barton will now continue his service to the State of Alabama in the House of Representatives.
Chairman Armistead concluded by saying “Bill Hightower is a great example of a citizen legislator who has spent his entire life in the private sector and is now ready to give back to the people of Alabama.”
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