- Tammy Irons
Infobox State Representative
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name=Tammy Irons
state_house=Alabama
state=Alabama
district=1st
term=2006 -
preceded=
succeeded=Incumbent
date of birth=birth date and age|1963|10|21
place of birth=Florence, Alabama
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=
profession=attorney
religion=Church of Christ
party=Democratic|Tammy Irons is a Democratic member of the
Alabama House of Representatives , representing the 1st District since a special election in 2006. The district includes Florence.Personal
Irons received her B.S. in accounting from the University of North Alabama and her law degree from the University of Memphis.
After law school, Representative Irons served as a judicial law clerk for the Tennessee Court of Appeals. She is a business attorney and owns the Irons Law Firm. Representative Irons is a member of various boards including the Shoals Entrepreneurial Center; Shoals Economic Development Authority; SafePlace, Inc. and the Boys and Girls Clubs. She is president of the Lauderdale County Bar Association, member of the President's Cabinet at the University of North Alabama.
Irons is a member of the Sherrod Avenue Church of Christ.
Political career
In March 2006, Irons defeated Republican Florence attorney William Smith in a special election to fill the Alabama House seat left vacant after the death of long-time Representative Nelson Starkey. Irons went on later that year to defeat Smith again in the regularly scheduled general election to hold the office for a full term.
In 2008, Irons was touted as a possible Democratic contender to replace retiring U.S. Representative Bud Cramer [http://cramer.house.gov/HoR/AL05/] (5th District of Alabama), but after much consideration, she chose not to run.
External links
* [http://www.legislature.state.al.us/house/representatives/housebios/hd001.html Alabama Legislature - Representative Tammy Irons] official government website
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=57440 Project Vote Smart - Representative Tammy L. Irons (AL)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - Tammy Irons
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20062&c=423096 2006] campaign contributions
*Irons a posssible contender [http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080326/NEWS/803260316/1011]
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