24 Facts About Jo Bonner

Jo Bonner was previously the US representative for from 2003 to 2013.

Jo Bonner resigned from Congress on August 2,2013, to take a job with the University of Alabama.

Jo Bonner served as Chief of Staff to Alabama governor Kay Ivey from 2019 to 2021, before becoming the president of the University of South Alabama.

Jo Bonner graduated in 1982 with a degree in journalism from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

In 1989, Jo Bonner was promoted to Callahan's chief of staff and moved to Mobile.

Jo Bonner has served as a member of the board of directors for the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Leadership Mobile, and the Mobile Chapter of the University of Alabama Alumni Association.

Jo Bonner was a member of Leadership Mobile, Class of 2000, where his classmates elected him co-president.

Callahan did not run for reelection in 2002, and Jo Bonner entered the race to succeed him.

Jo Bonner was endorsed by his predecessors, Callahan and Jack Edwards.

Jo Bonner was somewhat conservative by national standards, but moderate by Alabama Republican standards.

Jo Bonner pushed for Callahan's seat on the House Appropriations Committee but did not carry the support of his colleagues.

Jo Bonner hosted the Gulf Coast Congressional Report from 2003 to 2006, when the program was halted in response to an equal-time complaint by Vivian Beckerle, Jo Bonner's opponent in the 2006 election.

On December 14,2005, Jo Bonner voted for the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Jo Bonner is a signer of Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge.

In 2007, Jo Bonner voted to increase the federal minimum wage.

Jo Bonner voted against Republican-supported regulations on the credit-card industry and the Cash for Clunkers program.

Jo Bonner supported the Iraq war and opposed a timetable for withdrawal of American troops.

Jo Bonner said that the trip was for the purposes of researching a link between illegal wildlife poaching and Al-Qaeda.

Jo Bonner was a member of the Republican Study Committee until October 2011, when he dropped out of the group.

Jo Bonner left the position in 2021 to become president of the University of South Alabama, and was succeeded by Liz Filmore.

Jo Bonner resigned from the US Congress in 2013 to become the vice chancellor of government relations and economic development for the University of Alabama.

In November 2021, Jo Bonner, while serving as chief of staff to Governor Kay Ivey, was announced as the next president of the University of South Alabama, following the retirement of Tony Waldrop.

Jo Bonner has a base salary of $525,000, over three times his congressional salary at the time of his resignation.

Jo Bonner is a member of the Reformers Caucus of Issue One.