Jim Zeigler
| Jim Zeigler | |
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| State Auditor of Alabama | |
| Assumed office 2015 |
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| Governor | Robert J. Bentley |
| Preceded by | Samantha Shaw |
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| Political party | Republican |
Jim Zeigler is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Alabama. He is the current State Auditor of Alabama.
Career
Zeigler served as the president of the Student Government Association at the University of Alabama. He was impeached for misconduct.[1] He won a position on the Alabama Public Service Commission in 1974, at the age of 24. He did not run for reelection in 1978.[2] He ran for state office unsuccessfully six times, three as a Democrat, and three as a Republican, losing elections for the state Board of Education in 1978, Supreme Court of Alabama in 1982, State Treasurer of Alabama in 1986, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals in 1996, Public Service Commission in 1998, and State Auditor of Alabama in 2002. These close losses earned him the nickname "Mr. 49 Percent".[3][4] In 2006, Zeigler announced the end of his political activism, as he resigned from the Conservative Christians of Alabama and the League of Christian Voters, two political action committees for which he served as chairman.[4]
Zeigler ran for State Auditor in 2014. In the Republican primary, Zeigler faced Dale Peterson, candidate for Agriculture Commissioner in 2010; Adam Thompson, Deputy Chief of Staff in the Alabama Secretary of State's office; and Hobbie Sealy, former Deputy Conservation Commissioner. Zeigler won a runoff against Peterson, and defeated Miranda Joseph, the Democratic Party nominee, in the general election.[3] In 2015, Zeigler filed lawsuits against Luther Strange, the Attorney General of Alabama, and Baldwin County, Alabama schools to stop them from spending taxpayer money on political campaigns.[5] The suits were dismissed.[6]
Following the Charleston church shooting in June 2015, Zeigler advocated that parishioners take their guns to church.[7] Zeigler gave a speech to the League of the South, termed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, in September 2015.[8][9] In March 2016, Zeigler filed an ethics complaint against Robert J. Bentley, the Governor of Alabama, for allegedly using state funds in an extramarital affair.[10]
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| Preceded by | State Auditor of Alabama 2015–present |
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