July 2021 Group Watch: State Rep Vying for Senate Seat
One of the Republican leaders in the Alabama House of Representatives will run for the state Senate next year. Rep. Mike Jones of Andalusia, who chairs the House Rules Committee, announced he will run for the south Alabama seat now held by Senator Jimmy Holley, who is retiring after next year. Holley is one of Alabama’s longest serving legislators, now in his sixth term in the Senate after five terms in the House. Holley represents District 31, which includes Coffee, Covington, Pike and Dale counties. Jones is a lawyer and municipal judge in Andalusia.
