Tallapoosa County Sheriff Joins the Alabama Republican Party
By: Stephen Crews
Updated: January 29, 2013
The
Chairwoman of the Tallapoosa County Republican Party, Denise Bates,
announced today that Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett
has joined the Alabama Republican Party. Sheriff Abbett was officially
inducted into the Tallapoosa County Republican Executive Committee at
the Party's regular monthly meeting held at Elmer's Restaurant on
January 24th.
"I've
known Sheriff Abbett for many years, and I believe that he is a true
conservative and sincere in his convictions," stated Bates. "We
certainly welcome him into our Republican family,
as I know he will stand for the conservative, Alabama values that we
hold dear. He joins a great team of Tallapoosa Republicans that now
includes a majority of the County Commission, Probate Judge, two members
of the Tallapoosa County School Board and Coroner.
Jimmy
has served the citizens of Tallapoosa County as Sheriff for 18 years
with integrity and distinction. He is married to the former Linda Davis
of Jacksons Gap and they have 2 children
and 2 grandsons. Jimmy is a member and ordained deacon of the First
Baptist Church of Dadeville. He has been very active in Civic affairs
and has served on the Board of Directors for numerous civic groups.
Bill
Armistead, Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, remarked that
since the Republicans swept into the office in November of 2010, dozens
of office-holders have come to the same realization
that the Democrat Party has left them. And, they are still coming as
evidenced by Sheriff Abbett's announcement.
"Alabama
values are no longer represented by the Democrat Party here in Alabama
or in Washington. We continue to welcome conservative Democrats who
share our conservative philosophy to join
the Alabama Republican Party. The 2014 election is rapidly approaching
and we plan to run a full slate of candidates for positions up and down
the ballot and in counties where we elected Republicans for the first
time last year. Our candidate recruitment effort
is yielding great results."
"Even
the Alabama Democratic Party has abandoned their conservative roots in
order to fall in line with the liberal platform touted by the National
Democratic Party. Once again, I offer
my invitation to all conservatives to come join the only true
conservative party in Alabama, the Alabama Republican Party," concluded
Armistead.
