Lucy Baxley
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Lucy Baxley is the current Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, elected in 2002 and the Democratic candidate for Governor in 2006. Though Alabama has had a female governor, Baxley is the first woman to hold the state's office of lieutenant governor.
She was born in 1937 near Pansey, Alabama, a small town near Dothan.
She first married at 18; later, she married Bill Baxley, who was an Attorney General of Alabama for two terms and later Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1983 to 1987. She is currently married to Jim Smith.
In 1994 she was elected Treasurer of the State of Alabama for the first of two terms running through 2002, at which time she was elected to her present office. She also served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1996.
In 2005 Baxley announced plans to run for Governor of Alabama. Her main opponent in the primary was former Governor Don Siegelman. In large part because of Siegelman's indictment for bribery and racketeering she was able to secure important endorsements from the Alabama Democratic Conference and the New South Coalition, as well as the Alabama State Employees Association. Despite keeping a relatively low-profile campaign, she coasted to a win in the primary election on June 6 with 60% of the vote. Baxley is seen as an underdog in the general election against incumbent Republican Bob Riley, but might still win the election, according to state political pundits.
External links
- [Lucy Baxley's campaign website]
- [Biography] at Alabama government site
- [Article] from the Decatur Daily
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