May 2022 Group Watch: Longtime Baldwin County House Member Dies

Rep. Steve McMillan of Gulf Shores, a Republican who served in the Alabama House of Representatives for more than 40 years, has died. He announced in January that he had been diagnosed with three brain tumors and would be undergoing treatment. McMillan was the dean of the Alabama House. He was first elected to the district 95 seat as a Democrat in a special election in 1980 and switched to the Republican Party in 1993. Rep. McMillan was funeralized on May 7 at the Gulf Shores United Methodist Church. He will be missed by all of his colleagues and friends.