Bobby Bright

Bobby Bright (1952-) is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat) representing the 2nd Congressional District of Alabama (U.S. state). He was first elected to Congress in 2008, after three terms as mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.

He is the 13th of 14 children born to a rural tenant farmer. After college, he worked as a teacher, financial advisor, corrections officer, law clerk, and later practiced law in Montgomery for 16 years.

Committee assignments

• House Armed Services Committee
  • Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
• House Agriculture Committee
• House Small Business Committee

Congressional caucuses

• Blue Dog Coalition
• New Democrat Coalition

Issues

Health care

He voted against the November 2009 health bill and the final March 2010 legislation.

Defense

Fort Rucker and Maxwell Air Force Base are in his district.

Voting ratings

Organization	Rating	Date
AFL-CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
American Conservative Union
Americans for Democratic Action
Cato Institute
Christian Coalition
Human Rights Campaign
League of Conservation Voters
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NARAL
National Rifle Association
National Right to Life Committee
National Taxpayers Union
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Sources: Links to the voting ratings guides of the above organizations together with brief descriptive information on the organizations themselves, may be found at: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Interest_group/Catalogs

2008 Election

Candidate	Party	Vote total	Percentage
Bobby Bright	Democrat	144,368	50.23%
Jay Love	Republican	142,578	49.61%

Source: Federal Election Results - final official tally

2010 Elections

Primary election: June1

• See also: 2010 U.S. Congressional election

Notes

• Representative Bobby Bright - official Congressional web site