33 Facts About Troy King

Troy Robin King was born on August 22,1968 and is the former attorney general of the state of Alabama.

Troy King previously served as an assistant attorney general and a legal adviser to both Republican governors Bob Riley and Fob James.

Troy King then defeated Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr.

Troy King sought a second term but was defeated in the Republican primary, securing 40 percent of the vote to the roughly 60 percent by Luther Strange.

Troy King was born in Elba, Alabama, where his father was a real estate agent.

King received his undergraduate degree from Troy University and is a 1994 graduate of the University of Alabama Law School.

In January 2005, Troy King filed a suit against 79 of the nation's leading pharmaceutical companies for defrauding the State Medicaid agency.

Troy King accused the companies of misrepresenting and inflating wholesale drug costs charged to Alabama, costing hundreds of millions in overpayments by Alabama taxpayers.

Troy King made opposition to gambling a theme of his tenure.

In 2006, Troy King asked the United States Department of the Interior to deny an application by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians to expand their gaming operations in Alabama.

Troy King later filed a lawsuit against the department to keep it from pressuring Alabama to permit video gaming on Alabama reservations.

In 2009 Troy King found himself in conflict with Alabama Governor Bob Riley.

Troy King has insisted that although he objects to any form of gambling, Alabama has approved several constitutional amendments which have legalized the machines.

Troy King's office has issued an opinion in line with previous federal court rulings which establish that there can be an electronic version of common games, such as the card game, Solitaire, which can be played on a computer.

On June 28,2009, the Birmingham News reported that Troy King did not reference findings from the National Indian Gaming Commission in his 2004 report on gambling, which stated that some of Alabama's electronic bingo machines appeared to be class three gambling devices.

Troy King said that the only factors to consider are if the constitutional amendments approved by the citizens have legalized these machines, and whether the National Indian Gaming Commission considers the machines Class Three or Class Two is a federal designation and not relevant under Alabama law.

Troy King said that to interpret the change of games from paper gambling to electronic gambling would be judicial activism.

Troy King felt the decision helped his position, but noted questions still lingered when he spoke to the Birmingham News: ""We have a clearer test.

The next week, Troy King issued a letter to the state's district attorneys, asking them to enforce the new test issued by the Supreme Court, saying he was confident that they would do so.

When many states voluntarily suspended executions during US Supreme Court litigation over lethal injection, Troy King continued to seek setting execution dates in Alabama.

Troy King's support of the death penalty created a controversy when, in 2007, a district attorney in suburban Birmingham supported commuting the death sentence of an accomplice in a case in which the actual shooter had escaped the death penalty because he was a juvenile.

Troy King received support in the controversy from the victim's family, and from death penalty supporters, for his efforts to seek the death penalty for the accomplice.

Troy King launched a series of voter fraud investigations as a result of complaints following state and local elections.

Troy King launched investigations into Bullock, Jackson and Lowndes counties but claimed obstruction by the federal government, prompting the Mobile Press-Register to publish an editorial calling for the Department of Justice to cooperate with King.

In late 2006, Troy King was forced to recuse his entire office from the ongoing investigation of abuses in the Alabama community college system when it emerged that he had asked community college chancellor Roy Johnson to hire the mother of one of Troy King's employees.

Troy King's office continued to provide investigative support, which resulted in a guilty plea by Johnson in the related federal investigation.

Troy King attended the game with his family and church friends.

Troy King reimbursed Alabama Power $486 for his family's food, but did not reimburse it for food eaten by the company's other guests, including his church group.

Troy King denied wrongdoing in the matter and argued that Alabama Power was responsible for reporting the matter and should have done so appropriately.

In September 2008, in the aftermath of hurricanes Gustav and Ike, Troy King's office began processing more than 2,500 complaints regarding gasoline prices under Alabama's price gouging statutes.

Troy King was an early supporter of the 2008 presidential campaign of Arizona Senator John McCain and served as the Alabama chair of the McCain campaign.

Troy King was defeated by Luther Strange in the GOP primary on June 1,2010.

Sometime after 2010, Troy King became the founding President of Bear Mountain Development Co.