John Amari
| John E. Amari | |
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| Alabama State Representative from District 34 (Jefferson County) | |
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In office November 8, 1978 – November 3, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Richard R. Andrews |
| Succeeded by | George Layton |
| Alabama State Senator from District 12 (now Calhoun and St. Clair counties) | |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Paschal P. Vacca |
| Succeeded by | Donald G. Holmes |
| Alabama State Senator from District 15 (now Jefferson and Shelby counties) | |
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In office January 3, 1984 – January 3, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Earl F. Hilliard |
| Succeeded by | Steve French |
| Alabama 10th Judicial Circuit Court Judge | |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Norman Winston |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 7, 1948 Roebuck, Jefferson County Alabama, USA |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Terri Parker Amari |
| Children | Five children |
| Residence | Trussville, Alabama |
| Alma mater |
Banks High School |
| Occupation | Attorney and Judge |
Banks High School
University of Montevallo
John E. Amari (born August 7, 1948) is an attorney from the Birmingham suburb of Trussville, Alabama, who is a 10th Judicial Circuit Court judge and a former member of both houses of the Alabama State Legislature.
One of six children, he was born in Roebuck in Jefferson County, Alabama, and reared on his family's produce farm. The Amaris grew tomatoes, bell peppers, and eggplants. As a boy, he helped to operate their Huffman Curb Market, which was established when the immediate area became urbanized. He graduated from the former Banks High School, since a middle school. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Montevallo in Montevallo in Shelby County, Alabama. He obtained his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham.
Amari and his wife, the former Terri Parker, daughter of Charles and Gail Parker, have five children, Katie A. Nero and John, Joseph, Mary, and Emily.
In 1978, Amari was elected as a Democrat to the Alabama House of Representatives from District 34. After one four-year term in the House, he was elected for a one-year term in the Alabama State Senate from District 12. In 1983, he won a special election for the newly established Senate District 15, which he filled until 1999. By 1990, Amari had switched to Republican affiliation and was from 1995 to 1999 the Senate Republican Leader. In 1998, he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He lost to his state Senate colleague, Steve Windom of Theodore in South Alabama, 178,065 (52.8 percent) to 159,006 (47.2 percent). Windom then barely defeated the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, the state Senate President Pro Tempore Dewayne Freeman of Huntsville, 652,465 (50.3 percent) to 644,818 (49.7 percent). In 2002, Amari challenged state Senator Steve French to reclaim the Distrrict 15 seat that he had vacated four years earlier to run for lieutenant governor. French easily prevailed with 12,469 votes (60.1 percent) to Amari's 8,274 (39.9 percent).
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