Secretary of State Beth Chapman, who cannot by law run for a third consecutive term for that office, said she has received encouragement to run for governor, but will not run for public office in 2014. The Republican, who also served a term as state auditor before she was elected as secretary of state in [...]
In this video, Democratic Sen. Rodger Smitherman questions removing him from the University of Montevallo Board of Trustees and replacing him with Secretary of State Beth Chapman, a white member. He argues with Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, a Republican, about the appointment by Gov. Robert Bentley and diversity on state boards. – posted [...]
The Alabama Senate voted to confirm Secretary of State Beth Chapman to the board of trustees for the University of Montevallo on Wednesday, but not before arguments about losing diversity on the board and placing a political crony on the panel. The Senate voted 21-10 to confirm Chapman, who was appointed by Republican Gov. Robert [...]
People who have spent any time with state Rep. John Merrill knew he would eventually run for higher office. This week, the freshman Republican made that official with stops in several cities to announce he is running for secretary of state – an office he said he has been eyeing since he was 14. Merrill’s [...]
Secretary of State Beth Chapman said in a statement this morning that approximately 20 percent of registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s election. “While we do wish that number would have been higher, I am glad that the 20% did go out and exercise their right to vote yesterday,” Secretary Chapman said in the statement. [...]