Retired principal, schoolteacher, and former Alabama Teacher of the Year Robin Litaker is running as a Republican for Alabama’s Seventh Congressional District, challenging incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Hoover).
Litaker recently held a rally with supporters at Republican headquarters in Hoover.
“For too long, Alabama’s 7th District has been ignored by Washington,” Litaker said. “It has some of the worst poverty in the nation and some of the lowest education scores. It has the #1 and #7 deadliest cities per capita in the country—Bessemer and Birmingham. Despite having great natural resources, especially agricultural resources, it has areas that have been labeled with Third World status by the WHO.”
“I think it’s time the people of AL7 had someone representing them who wanted to change the status quo and help AL7 reach its full potential,” Litaker continued. “When I’m representing the 7th District in Congress, I’ll work for the people of the District and the State of Alabama, not the special interests in Washington and Montgomery.”
Demographically, the Seventh Congressional District is a hard seat for Republicans to win. Despite this Litaker is running as a conservative Republican.
“I’m a Republican who believes in old-fashioned Republican values,” Litaker said. “I believe in faith and family and that life is precious. I believe in smaller government, lower taxes, less regulation, and more freedom.”
Litaker is emphasizing her experience in education.
“As a former teacher and principal, I know that education is the key to success in life, and I also know just how much is wrong with our current education bureaucracy,” Litaker stated. “I want to end the Department of Education and put more money directly into the classrooms, so parents and teachers can use it to give our kids the education they need—not what unaccountable bureaucrats say they need.”
Litaker is running on an America First platform.
“I want to see that our tax dollars are spent wisely on our people, not wasted or sent overseas without any oversight or accountability,” Litaker said. “It’s past time we started taking care of our own in District 7, creating the opportunities for growth other parts of this State have enjoyed. We have too many needs here in Alabama to waste billions propping up corrupt regimes and questionable leaders or fighting wars without end for no good reason.”
Litaker promised to be answerable to the voters if elected to represent CD7.
“Finally, I want to show the people of District 7 that I believe ‘conservative’ isn’t just a word that politicians roll out every election,” Litaker said. “Conservative should refer to actions, not empty political promises. If I’m given that chance to serve, my promise to you is that I’ll be available to my constituents when they need me. I’ll be totally transparent in what I do, and I’ll always report back to the people I work for—the people of AL 7.”
Robin Litaker worked in the Alabama public education system in the Mobile and Hoover City School systems for 32 years. She was Alabama’s Teacher of the Year in 1997. She founded the Alabama Conference of Educators and served as its President and CEO. She was the Chief Operating Officer for Wise Technologies in Fairhope. Currently, she works as a catastrophic claims adjuster for Pilot Insurance. She is a resident of CD7 and has lived in Homewood for over 30 years.
Litaker previously ran for the President of the Public Service Commission (PSC), challenging popular incumbent Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh. She most recently ran in 2022 against incumbent PSC Commissioner Chip Beeker. Both times, she lost in the Republican Primary.
Litaker does face a GOP opponent in Chris Horn. Horn is a conservative talk radio host in Huntsville and a standout football star at the University of Michigan.
Sewell was first elected in 2010 and has been re-elected six times. The 2021 reapportionment and redistricting by the legislature made CD7, while still a majority-minority district, much Whiter and more conservative. In 2022, Rep. Sewell defeated conservative Republican Beatrice Nichols – 63.5% to 34.8%. That was Sewell’s first GOP general election opponent since 2012. Some Republican insiders have told Alabama Today that CD7 is slightly more friendly to Republicans in the new map drawn by the court-appointed special master.
Sewell is facing a Democratic primary challenger in Chris Davis.
The major party primaries will be on March 5. The Republican and Democratic primary winners will then face each other in the general election on November 5.
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