David Sessions

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David Sessions
Image of David Sessions

Republican Party

Alabama State Senate District 35
Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

6

Prior offices
Alabama House of Representatives District 105
Successor: Chip Brown

Compensation

Base salary

$59,674.08/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid to legislators whose permanent residence is less than six hours away. Legislators who are 6-12 hrs from their permanent residence receive $12.75/day. Legislators who are over 12 hours away and have no overnight stay receive $34/day.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

Mobile County High School, 1978

Personal
Profession
Farmer
Contact

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David Sessions (Republican Party) is a member of the Alabama State Senate, representing District 35. He assumed office on November 7, 2018. His current term ends on November 4, 2026.

Sessions (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Alabama State Senate to represent District 35. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Sessions graduated from Mobile County High School in 1978. His professional experience includes serving as president of the Grand Bay Water Works and Producers Gin Company LLC., working as a farmer, and co-owning Sessions Farm.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Sessions was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Sessions was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Sessions was assigned to the following committees:

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2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Sessions served on the following committees:

Alabama committee assignments, 2015
• Agriculture and Forestry, Chair
• Ethics and Campaign Finance
• Mobile County Legislation, Chair

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

2022

See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Alabama State Senate District 35

Incumbent David Sessions defeated Clifton Hudson in the general election for Alabama State Senate District 35 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Sessions
David Sessions (R)
 
85.3
 
27,133
Image of Clifton Hudson
Clifton Hudson (L) Candidate Connection
 
14.1
 
4,488
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
189

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

Total votes: 31,810
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent David Sessions advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Senate District 35.

2018

See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Alabama State Senate District 35

David Sessions defeated Tom Holmes in the general election for Alabama State Senate District 35 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Sessions
David Sessions (R)
 
67.6
 
29,046
Image of Tom Holmes
Tom Holmes (D)
 
32.3
 
13,896
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
37

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

Total votes: 42,979
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Alabama State Senate District 35

Tom Holmes advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama State Senate District 35 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
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Image of Tom Holmes
Tom Holmes

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

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama State Senate District 35

David Sessions advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Senate District 35 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
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Image of David Sessions
David Sessions

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2014

See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Incumbent David Sessions was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[1][2][3][4]

2011

See also: State legislative special elections, 2011

Sessions ran in the special election to fill the vacant House District 105 seat. He defeated Republican opponents Bill Meredith and Mike Burdine in the March 22 primary election. He then defeated Constitution Party candidate Bill Atkinson in the May 10 general election.[5][6][7]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary

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David Sessions campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Alabama State Senate District 35Won general$281,138 $82,794
2018Alabama State Senate District 35Won general$386,916 N/A**
2014Alabama House of Representatives, District 105Won $46,125 N/A**
2011Alabama House of Representatives, District 105, special electionWon $205,126 N/A**
Grand total$919,306 $82,794
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Endorsements

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

David Sessions endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[8]

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Alabama

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Personal

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Sessions and his wife, Lisa Driskell, have three children.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Alabama Democrats, "Qualified candidates for public office list," accessed February 27, 2014
    2. ↑ Alabama Republican Party, "State Senate," accessed February 27, 2014
    3. ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Democratic Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
    4. ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Republican Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
    5. ↑ Al.com, "David Sessions 'humbled' by House District 105 primary win," March 23, 2011
    6. ↑ Alabama Republican Candidate Certification District 105
    7. ↑ Al.com, "David Sessions wins House District 105 election," May 10, 2011
    8. ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Additional Alabama Endorsements," March 12, 2012

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