Joe Hubbard
| Joe Hubbard | |
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| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 73rd district | |
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In office November 2, 2010 – November 5, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | David G. Grimes |
| Succeeded by | Matt Fridy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Alma mater | Huntingdon College, Cumberland School of Law |
| Website | Joe Hubbard on the House Website |
Joseph Lister Hubbard is a Democratic former member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing the 73rd district, in Montgomery County.[1]
Early life
Joe Hubbard was born and raised in Montgomery, and graduated from Huntingdon College in 2003 before attending the Cumberland School of Law. After graduating law school in 2006, he served as a law clerk to Alabama Supreme Court associate judge Champ Lyons. Afterward, he practiced law in Montgomery. He is the great-grandson of J. Lister Hill, who represented Alabama in the United States Congress for more than forty-five years.[2]
Political career
In 2010, he ran for the 73rd district and defeated incumbent Republican David Grimes, who in 2002 had unseated Republican Representative Perry O. Hooper, Jr., in the primary election. In 2010, Hubbard was the only Democrat to unseat a Republican incumbent in Alabama and one of only a dozen to do so nationwide. In the redistricting/reapportionment of the legislature that occurred in 2012, his marginally Democratic district was combined with the heavily Democratic black majority district of long-time Representative John F. Knight, Jr.
Hubbard ran unsuccessfully for Attorney General of Alabama in the 2014 elections against Republican incumbent Luther Strange.[3][4] He was a potential candidate for Mayor of Montgomery in the 2015 election,[5] but declined to run when incumbent Mayor Todd Strange opted to run for another term. In September 2015 he announced he was running for Circuit Judge in Montgomery County, but withdrew from the race that November.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Representative Joe Hubbard. Alabama House of Representatives. Retrieved on January 20, 2012.
- ↑ WSFA NEWS 12 Joe Hubbard Enters District 73 race.
- ↑ "List of candidates for major Alabama offices". ABC 3340. February 8, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ↑ Stinson, Jim (November 4, 2014). "Republican Luther Strange wins Alabama attorney general race, earning second term and besting Democrat Joe Hubbard". The Birmingham News. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ↑ Stinson, Jim (4 November 2014). "Joe Hubbard Thinking of Running for Montgomery Mayor After AG's Loss". Al.com. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ Burylo, Rebecca (8 September 2015). "Joe Hubbard Plans Run for Montgomery County Circuit Judge". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ Moon, Josh (November 25, 2015). "Shashy, Hubbard out of judge's race; James Anderson in". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved August 25, 2016.