Four Qualify For Deceased Senator’s Job

February 18, 2009

Four people have qualified to replace the late Alabama Sen. Pat Lindsey of Butler.

State Rep. Marc Keahey of Grove Hill  was the only Democrat to qualify. Three Republicans met the filing deadline — Danny Joyner, a Brewton businessman; former state Rep. Greg Albritton of Range and Judy Belk, a Citronelle businesswoman.

The special election will be held  April 14 to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the senate term, which ends in November 2010.

Lindsey, 72, was discovered dead in his bed on a hunting trip while staying with friends in Boligee in west Alabama.

Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom Jr., and State Senator Roger Bedford were also on the trip and among those in the group that discovered Lindsey. He was discovered as the group was getting ready to leave the home friends where they had been hunting.

Lindsey’s senate district included Escambia County in Alabama. Other counties in the district are Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Mobile, Monroe and Washington counties.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News