Jo Bonner
| Jo Bonner | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – August 2, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Sonny Callahan |
| Succeeded by | Bradley Byrne |
| Chairman of the House Ethics Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Zoe Lofgren |
| Succeeded by | Mike Conaway |
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Josiah Robins Bonner November 19, 1959 Selma, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Janée Lambert |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | The University of Alabama |
Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner, Jr. (born November 19, 1959) was the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from Congress on August 2, 2013, to take a job with the University of Alabama.
Bonner was born in Selma, Alabama (but was reared in Camden, Alabama), to Josiah Robins Bonner, Sr., and the former Imogene Virginia Lyons. He graduated in 1982 with a degree in journalism from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Two years later he started working as campaign press secretary for U.S. Congressman Sonny Callahan, a Republican representing Alabama's 1st congressional district. In 1989, Bonner was promoted to Callahan's chief of staff and moved to Mobile.
Bonner has served as a member of the board of directors for the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Leadership Mobile, and the Mobile Chapter of the University of Alabama Alumni Association. In 2000, the College of Communications at the University of Alabama honored him as their Outstanding Alumnus in Public Relations. He was a member of Leadership Mobile, Class of 2000, where his classmates elected him co-president.
Callahan did not run for reelection in 2002, and Bonner entered the race to succeed him. He ranked first in the crowded seven-way Republican primary with 40% of the vote, but failed to reach the 50% threshold needed to win outright. In the run-off election Bonner defeated Tom Young, chief of staff to U.S. Senator Richard Shelby 62%-38%. In the general election, he defeated Democrat Judy Belk with 61% of the vote. However, he had effectively clinched a seat in Congress with his primary victory. The 1st is one of the most Republican districts in Alabama and the South, and has been in Republican hands without interruption since 1965. Bonner was also endorsed by his predecessors, Callahan and Jack Edwards.
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