1. Bradley Roberts Byrne was born on February 16,1955 and is an American attorney and politician who served as the US representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district from 2014 to 2021.
54 Facts About Bradley Byrne
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Bradley Byrne ran in the Republican primary for the 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama but was defeated in the first round of the primary by Tommy Tuberville and Jeff Sessions.
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Bradley Byrne attended UMS-Wright Preparatory School in Mobile, graduating in 1973.
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Bradley Byrne's first run for elective office, in 1994, was a success when he was elected to the Alabama State Board of Education as a Democrat.
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Bradley Byrne later changed his mind and convinced the Board to allow the money.
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In 1997 Bradley Byrne left the Democratic Party and became a Republican.
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In 2002 Bradley Byrne ran for an Alabama State Senate seat, representing part of Baldwin County.
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In May 2007 Bradley Byrne took the position of community college chancellor and oversaw a controversial reordering of much of the system.
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Bradley Byrne ordered an audit of the school, which demonstrated many deficiencies.
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Bradley Byrne worked with Alabama Attorney General Troy King to recover money stolen from the community college system.
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On February 23,2011, Bradley Byrne announced he was partnering with other prominent Alabamians to create a nonprofit organization that would push for reforms in state government.
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In 2011, Bradley Byrne considered running for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in the 2012 election, but ultimately did not enter the race.
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Bradley Byrne finished first in the Republican primary and faced Tea Party candidate Dean Young in the runoff election.
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Bradley Byrne won the runoff, but Young refused to endorse him, which led to rumors of a rift within the Republican Party.
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Bradley Byrne subsequently gained the endorsement of Alabama Patriots, a Tea Party-affiliated organization.
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Bradley Byrne faced Democratic Party nominee Burton LeFlore on December 17,2013.
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At the time of his election, Bradley Byrne was only the sixth person to represent this Mobile-based district since 1919, continuing an unbroken run of Republican control in the district dating back to 1965.
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Bradley Byrne was originally expected to be running for reelection unopposed, but Burton LeFlore, his Democratic opponent in the 2013 special election, qualified.
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Bradley Byrne co-sponsored an amendment to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that would categorize fetuses as human beings.
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Bradley Byrne was given a "D" rating from NORML for his pro-cannabis stance.
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In 2019 Bradley Byrne voted against a measure disapproving of the Trump administration's plan to lift sanctions imposed against three Russian firms.
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In 2019, Bradley Byrne voted against measures to halt US arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and voted against legislation to end US military aid to Saudi Arabia in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.
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Bradley Byrne voted against universal background check legislation for gun sales, and against a measure to grant law enforcement additional time to run background checks for gun sales.
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In 2015, Bradley Byrne co-sponsored legislature to allow cross-state concealed carry.
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Bradley Byrne voted against the 2018 First Step Act, a criminal justice reform measure.
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In 2015, Bradley Byrne was the chief sponsor of Republican legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Bradley Byrne voted for the American Health Care Act, the Republican repeal-and-replace legislation, in May 2017.
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In 2015, Bradley Byrne co-sponsored a bill that would have limited transfer of Guantanamo prisoners to the United States or other countries.
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In 2015, Bradley Byrne sponsored bills to ban the admission of any Syrian people into the United States.
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Bradley Byrne supported President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order temporarily banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.
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Bradley Byrne voted against legislation that sought to terminate an emergency declaration that diverted funds to the border wall and voted to sustain Trump's veto of the legislation.
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Immediately after the allegations and instances of victim intimidation, numerous Republicans rescinded their endorsements of Moore, but Bradley Byrne did not, nor did he condemn the Moore campaign's threats against his accusers or call on Moore to drop out of the race.
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In 2020, Bradley Byrne released a campaign ad criticizing The Squad, then a group of four women members of the House of Representatives.
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In 2010, Bradley Byrne signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, pledging that he would not introduce new taxes.
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Bradley Byrne voted for 2017 legislation to repeal some banking regulations enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Bradley Byrne voted against legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.
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Bradley Byrne supports building a new I-10 bridge across the Mobile Bay.
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Bradley Byrne wants to extend the Foley Beach Express to I-65.
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Bradley Byrne has touted his unwavering support for Donald Trump, despite early criticism of Trump.
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In 2016, Bradley Byrne said that Trump should drop out of the presidential election after the release of the Access Hollywood tapes.
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Just before the election, Bradley Byrne said he would vote for Trump.
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Bradley Byrne voted against established procedures for the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, and voted several times to table the articles of impeachment.
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In December 2020, Byrne was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump.
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In 2020, Bradley Byrne began advocating that Huntsville, Alabama, serve as the headquarters for the newly created United States Space Force.
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Bradley Byrne supported a bill that would direct the US Department of Justice to report to the United States Congress whenever any federal agency refrains from enforcing laws or regulations for any reason.
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Bradley Byrne accused the Obama administration of "making an end-run around Congress to achieve through administrative means what they cannot legislatively" and of selectively enforcing the law.
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Bradley Byrne introduced a bill to create a National Museum of Irish American History in 2017.
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In 2019, Bradley Byrne introduced legislation to impose term limits on members of Congress.
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Bradley Byrne was a member of the United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus and the Republican Study Committee.
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On February 20,2019, Bradley Byrne announced his candidacy for the 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama, challenging incumbent Democratic US Senator Doug Jones.
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Bradley Byrne accused Jones of not supporting "Alabama's interests and Alabama values" in his announcement speech.
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Bradley Byrne was defeated in the first round of the Republican primary; he won districts near Mobile but did poorly elsewhere in the state.
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Bradley Byrne is an attorney and currently serves as of counsel for Adams and Reese, LLP, a position he will retain while devoting his full-time efforts to the Mobile Chamber.
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Bradley Byrne is an Episcopalian, and typically attends services at St John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square while in Washington.