Jim Zeigler
| Jim Zeigler | |
|---|---|
| Auditor of Alabama | |
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Assumed office January 19, 2015 |
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| Governor | Robert J. Bentley |
| Preceded by | Samantha Shaw |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 23, 1948 Sylacauga, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (BA) Faulkner University (JD) |
Jim Zeigler is an American lawyer and politician. He is the current State Auditor of Alabama. Before becoming State Auditor, he served on the Alabama Public Service Commission.
While a student at the University of Alabama, Zeigler served as the president of the Student Government Association (SGA). Zeigler lived at Mallet Hall from 1966 to 1970, and served as SGA president from 1970-71. He was one of the few to be elected to the post in opposition to "The Machine," a semi-secret alignment of fraternities and sororities that historically dominated the university's student government. He graduated from the university in 1972. He graduated from the Faulkner University Jones School of Law in 1978.
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.
He ran for state office unsuccessfully six times, three as a Democrat, and three as a Republican, losing elections for the Alabama 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". 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.
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