Charlotte Meadows

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Charlotte Meadows
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Successor: Phillip Ensler
Elections and appointments
Last election

March 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Auburn University, 1984

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Charlotte Meadows (Republican Party) was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing District 74. She assumed office in 2019. She left office on November 9, 2022.

Meadows (Republican Party) ran for election to the Alabama State Board of Education to represent District 3. She lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.

Meadows completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Charlotte Meadows earned a bachelor's degree from Auburn University in 1984.[1] She has served as a representative of the Alabama Legislature, a member of the Montgomery Public Schools Board of Education, and board chair of LEAD Academy.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Meadows was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Meadows was assigned to the following committees:

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The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Alabama State Board of Education election, 2024

General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 3

Kelly Mooney won election in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 3 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kelly Mooney
Kelly Mooney (R)
 
97.8
 
226,243
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.2
 
5,179

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 231,422
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 3

Kelly Mooney defeated Charlotte Meadows, Ann Eubank, and Melissa Snowden in the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 3 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kelly Mooney
Kelly Mooney
 
51.4
 
38,697
Image of Charlotte Meadows
Charlotte Meadows Candidate Connection
 
23.3
 
17,532
Image of Ann Eubank
Ann Eubank Candidate Connection
 
14.0
 
10,537
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Melissa Snowden
 
11.3
 
8,494

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 75,260
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Meadows in this election.

2022

See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74

Phillip Ensler defeated incumbent Charlotte Meadows in the general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Phillip Ensler
Phillip Ensler (D)
 
60.1
 
7,538
Image of Charlotte Meadows
Charlotte Meadows (R)
 
39.7
 
4,986
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
22

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,546
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74

Phillip Ensler defeated Malcolm Calhoun in the Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Phillip Ensler
Phillip Ensler
 
65.5
 
2,170
Image of Malcolm Calhoun
Malcolm Calhoun
 
34.5
 
1,143

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,313
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Charlotte Meadows advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74.

2019

See also: Alabama state legislative special elections, 2019

General election

Special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74

Charlotte Meadows defeated Rayford Mack in the special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on November 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Charlotte Meadows (R)
 
68.0
 
1,664
Image of Rayford Mack
Rayford Mack (D)
 
31.4
 
767
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
15

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,446
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Republican primary runoff election

Special Republican primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 74

Charlotte Meadows defeated Michael Fritz in the special Republican primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on August 27, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charlotte Meadows
Charlotte Meadows
 
55.1
 
3,807
Image of Michael Fritz
Michael Fritz
 
44.9
 
3,105

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,912
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74

Rayford Mack advanced from the special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on June 11, 2019.

Candidate
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Rayford Mack

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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on June 11, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charlotte Meadows
Charlotte Meadows
 
44.0
 
1,220
✔
Image of Michael Fritz
Michael Fritz
 
22.3
 
619
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Jesse Heifner
 
11.6
 
321
Image of Daniel Sparkman
Daniel Sparkman Candidate Connection
 
11.1
 
307
Image of Tobias Grant
Tobias Grant
 
7.0
 
193
Image of Jay King
Jay King
 
4.1
 
115

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,775
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2013

See also: Alabama state legislative special elections, 2013

Meadows ran in the special election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74. The seat was vacant following Jay Love's (R) resignation to work for the Business Council of Alabama. Meadows faced Heather Sellers and Dimitri Polizos in the October 8 Republican primary. Since no candidate gained more than fifty percent of the votes, the top two vote-getters - Meadows and Polizos - met in a runoff on November 19, which Polizos won.[2][3][4][5]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Charlotte Meadows completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Meadows' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a mother and grandmother who is passionate about improving education in AL. I have a business background and am a strong supporter of School Choice, having started the first charter school in Montgomery in 2019. I understand education policy, having worked in the field since 2006. I know that policies can make a difference and we must have an urgency to improve.
  • I am a strong proponent of School Choice because parents who get to decide the school their child attends will have more engagement and better buy in with the school. The child will perform better.
  • I am a strong believer in the parents right to determine the education of their child and to be aware of and fully informed of curriculum and other decisions made by the board members.
  • We need to hold the state department of education accountable to the local school systems and transparent to the taxpayers.
I want to see Education in AL improve so that we are no longer last place in NAEP rankings. Policies should focus on improving reading and math scores.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Honesty, integrity and transparency
Honesty and passion.
To hire and hold the state superintendent accountable.
To improve education to the point that at least 70% of the children are on grade level in reading in 4 years.
SWenson's scooping ice cream. Worked from age 14-17
Little Women. Probably because I had sisters that were very close to growing up.
Behold He comes!
Helping my son navigate being on the autism spectrum continues to be a challenge.
The primary job of a state board member is to focus on improving test scores and graduation rates, as well as making sure students graduate with an ability to get a job or go to college.
The parents and taxpayers who live in District 3
By listening to their needs, and then working to meet them
Attending local BoE meetings, meeting with business owners.
Keep an open door policy. Answer the phone when they call
I believe that the public has the right to know what elected officials are doing, as much as possible on every level. That includes how money is spent.

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Campaign website

Meadows’s campaign website stated the following:

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  • Supports School Choice: I am a proponent of school choice, not just in affluent zip codes. Parents will be more engaged when they choose the school and the traditional schools have been proven to improve with the competition of new options. A child’s future should not be determined by the zip code of their home.
  • Parental Rights in Kids Education: Parents need to know and have a say in what their children are being taught in our classrooms. I support open discussion and participation of parents in school curriculum and instruction.
  • Standing Up to the Woke Agenda: We do not need liberal groups like the NEA bringing their liberal agenda into our elementary schools and public libraries. I will hold the line and work to restore teaching traditional values to Alabama students in our public schools.
  • Improving Education Scores: For almost 30 years, we have seen Alabama's education going in the wrong direction. Obviously what has been pushed isn't working. I will work with teachers and parents to ensure our kids are learning the knowledge and skills needed for every student to be successful.
  • Innovative Ideas for Education: We need to strive to give our kids the tools they need to succeed. We need to focus on expansion of STEM programs in our schools.
  • Fighting Unnecessary Tax Increases: I do not support the raising of taxes when our families our struggling. We have seen time and time again tax referendums being defeated. I believe this is mostly because parents know that there is a lot of waste in school funding.[6]
 ”
—Charlotte Meadows’s campaign website (2024)[7]

2022

Charlotte Meadows did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Charlotte Meadows did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Charlotte Meadows campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Alabama State Board of Education District 3Lost primary$72,362 $70,932
2022Alabama House of Representatives District 74Lost general$148,692 $67,517
2019Alabama House of Representatives District 74Won general$164,263 N/A**
Grand total$385,317 $138,449
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2022

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 21, 2024 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content
    2. ↑ timesdaily.com, " Special elections set for Ala. House districts," August 8, 2013 (dead link)
    3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named sos
    4. ↑ montgomeryadvertiser.com, "Polizos, Meadows in runoff for Alabama House District 74 seat," October 9, 2013
    5. ↑ blog.al.com, "Dimitri Polizos defeats Charlotte Meadows in Alabama House District 74 (updated)," November 19, 2013
    6. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    7. ↑ Charlotte Meadows Campaign, “CHARLOTTE ON THE ISSUES,” accessed December 14, 2023

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