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  • Name: Richard C. Shelby
  • State: Alabama
  • Party: Republican
  • Born: May 6, 1934 (Age: 90)
  • Entered Office: January 3, 1987
  • Term Expires: January 3, 2023
  • Mailing Address: 304 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
  • Phone Number: (202) 224-5744
  • Email Address: Email Form
  • Website: Official Website
  • Description: Senator Richard Shelby is an American lawyer and politician. He is currently working as a senior United States Senator from Alabama. He won his first election as a senator from a Democrats representative in 1986. He then became the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 6, 1934. Shelby got his law degree from the Birmingham School of Law in 1961. In 1963, he became city prosecutor. He won a seat in the Alabama Senate in 1970. In 1978, he was elected by the 7th District to the United States House of Representatives. In 1986, Shelby won a close race for the U.S. Senate. In 1994, he switched his party affiliation from Democrats to Republicans. Shelby has faced no electoral opposition since 1998 after he was re-elected in 1998. He has yet to face any significant electoral opposition since. He is now serving as the dean of the Alabama delegation. Senator Richard Shelby Political Career Richard Shelby is a member of the American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, and the Alabama State Bar. His career began as a prosecutor in 1963. He became U.S. Magistrate in 1966 for the Northern District of Alabama. Mr. Shelby was elected to the Alabama State in 1970, where he served till 1978. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978 and got elected from the Tuscaloosa-based 7th district. In the elections of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986, Shelby won the Democratic nomination by a narrow margin. He was re-elected in 1992. In 1998, Richard Shelby affiliated with the Republicans after the Republican Revolution. This revolution helped the Republicans to gain control over both houses in the midterm. He won his first full term as a Republican the same year. Shelby has served as vice chairman for several committees during his tenure. He previously served as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration Senator Richard Shelby Accomplishments Richard Shelby sponsored legislation in 1991 that granted federal recognition to a tribe called MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians. Shelby stressed that they needed to get more documentation to establish their tribal identity. In 2008, Shelby was third on the list of earmarks with an earmark of $469.4 million for 206 projects. In 2021, Richard Shelby helped the Alabama local airports in building better infrastructure. With his help, the FAA granted $8.29 million for statewide infrastructure upgrades Senator Richard Shelby Criticisms A federal investigation in 2004 concluded that Richard Shelby revealed classified information while he was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Investigation revealed that Mr. Shelby had revealed classified information to Carl Cameron, an American Journalist. Shelby declined to comment on this. But, his spokesperson at the moment said that Mr. Shelby has never knowingly revealed classified information. The case was dropped without any charges. This case went to the Ethics Committee in 2005, they closed the case without an explanation. Richard Shelby has also been criticized because of his campaign spending. Between 2008 and 2014, he had reimbursed his wife and himself more than $500,000 from his campaigns and leadership PACs