April Weaver will be running for the State Senate seat being vacated by Senator Cam Ward. Governor Kay Ivey appointed Ward to serve as director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles in November.
“I am so excited to announce my run for State Senate,” Weaver stated. “As a lifelong resident of Senate District 14, I know the people and the communities. I am prepared to work hard and earn the votes of the hard-working citizens of Shelby, Bibb, and Chilton Counties.”
Weaver, a former Republican state legislator, resigned her seat to join the Trump Administration in May. She served in the House of Representatives, representing parts of Shelby, Bibb, and Chilton counties. During her tenure in the State House, Weaver had a reputation of being a hardworking, strong conservative on both fiscal and social issues. In 2015, she was appointed to serve as Chairwoman of the House Health Committee, the first woman to serve in that leadership role. In 2019, Weaver voted against the Rebuild Alabama Act, which included a statewide gas tax increase.
“It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve in the Trump Administration,” Weaver continued. “I am deeply proud of the incredible things we were able to accomplish to make our country stronger, safer, and more secure and was humbled that President Trump chose me to help during this health crisis. However, as this chapter of my life closes, another opens, and I am ready to serve the people of Alabama again.”
“I have always been a fiscal conservative, and I have been proud to stand up for the pocketbooks of the families I have represented,” Weaver added. “Senate District 14 needs a proven conservative with courage to stand up for them. My entire career in public service has demonstrated that I am that type of conservative.”
Ward’s resignation is official on December 7. Gov. Kay Ivey hasn’t formally called the election, and the election dates haven’t been set yet.
