Stephen Ralph Windom was born on November 6,1949 and is an American attorney and politician who served as member of the Alabama State Senate from 1989 to 1998 and as the 27th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003.
12 Facts About Steve Windom
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In 1998, Steve Windom was elected Lieutenant Governor, becoming the first Republican Lieutenant Governor of Alabama since Reconstruction.
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Steve Windom served under Democratic Governor Don Siegelman as Alabama's Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately.
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Steve Windom did not run for re-election in 2002, instead running for Governor.
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Steve Windom lost in the Republican primary to Congressman Bob Riley and subsequently returned to the private sector.
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Steve Windom was first elected as a Democrat to the Alabama State Senate in 1989.
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Steve Windom was a delegate for Bill Clinton at the 1992 Democratic National Convention.
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Steve Windom was a delegate for George Bush at the 2000 Republican National Convention, and served as co-chair of the Alabama Bush-Cheney campaign.
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Steve Windom thus became the first Republican Lieutenant Governor of Alabama since Reconstruction.
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Steve Windom gained notoriety in 1999 for discreetly urinating into a jug behind his desk while presiding over the Senate, purportedly to avoid being stripped of most of his powers as presiding officer by the Democratic majority while going to the bathroom.
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Steve Windom did not run for reelection in 2002, instead running for Governor.
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Steve Windom was defeated in the 2002 primary by then-Congressman Bob Riley in a landslide.