30 Facts About Bobby Bright

Bobby Bright served from 2009 to 2011 as the Representative from.

Bobby Bright's district includes just over half of the city of Montgomery, as well as most of the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern part of the state.

In 2018, Bobby Bright attempted to run for his old House seat as a Republican, but was defeated in the primaries by Roby.

Bobby Bright was born in Midland City, Alabama and grew up on one of the cotton farms that were typical of the Wiregrass Region.

Bobby Bright grew up the son of a sharecropper, with 13 siblings.

Bobby Bright worked each and every day to pay for his education.

Bobby Bright received his Juris Doctor from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University in 1982.

Bobby Bright practiced law for fifteen years before entering into politics.

Bobby Bright was first elected in 1999, defeating longtime incumbent Republican Mayor Emory Folmar.

Bobby Bright was re-elected in a landslide against challenger Scott Simmons in 2003.

Bobby Bright helped bring new jobs to the area, and saved existing jobs.

Bobby Bright was named the state's "Tourism Advocate of the Year" by the Governor for his work in building that industry.

Mayor Bobby Bright had never previously claimed affiliation with any party, but in 2008 he announced that he was running as a Democrat for the open seat in the 2nd District.

Bobby Bright was considered the strongest Democrat to run in a district that had been in Republican hands since 1965.

Bobby Bright received the endorsement of Republican State Senator Harri Anne Smith, whom Love had defeated by six points in the Primary.

Bobby Bright represented the fourth most Republican district in the nation to be represented by a Democrat; it had a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+16, and gave John McCain 63 percent of the vote in 2008.

Bobby Bright was only the seventh person to represent it in over a century, and the fifth since 1921.

Bobby Bright ran campaign ads aimed at distancing himself from the establishment Democratic Party.

Under fire from Roby for his support of Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House, Bobby Bright stated publicly that he would not vote for Pelosi for Speaker again.

Indeed, Bobby Bright is one of only two Democrats to cross the 40 percent barrier since most of Montgomery and Selma's black voters were drawn out of the district after the 1990 census.

Bobby Bright voted twice against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, one of only 7 Democrats voting against the final version.

In February 2009, Bobby Bright voted in favor of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009.

In June 2009, Bobby Bright voted in favor of the Cash for Clunkers bill.

In July 2009, Bobby Bright voted against establishing spending caps through fiscal year 2014.

In November 2009, Bobby Bright voted against the House version of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

In March 2010, Bobby Bright voted against the Senate version of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

Bobby Bright did not sign a petition circulated by Iowa Republican Steve King calling for a complete repeal of the law, calling the effort "premature".

The day after Griffith's party switch, Bobby Bright told media that he had no intention of switching parties and would remain a Democrat.

In February 2018, Bobby Bright filed to run for his old House seat as a Republican.

Bobby Bright is married to retired District Judge Lynn Clardy Bobby Bright.