Kay Ivey
| Kay Ivey | |
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| 30th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama | |
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Assumed office January 17, 2011 |
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| Governor | Robert Bentley |
| Preceded by | Jim Folsom |
| 38th Treasurer of Alabama | |
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In office January 20, 2003 – January 17, 2011 |
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| Governor | Bob Riley |
| Preceded by | Lucy Baxley |
| Succeeded by | Young Boozer |
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| Born |
October 15, 1944 Camden, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic (Formerly) |
| Education | Auburn University (BA) |
Kay Ellen Ivey (born October 15, 1944) is an American Republican politician who is the 30th and current Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, serving since January 2011. Ivey formerly served as the 38th Alabama State Treasurer.
Ivey was born in Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama on October 15, 1944. She graduated from Auburn University where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta. She has worked as a high school teacher, a bank officer and as Assistant Director of the Alabama Development Office. In 1982, Ivey had run unsuccessfully for State Auditor as a Democrat. She was Director of Government Affairs and Communications for the Alabama Commission on Higher Education from 1985 until 1998.
Ivey took office as state treasurer in 2003, after defeating Stephen Black, the grandson of former United States Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, in the 2002 general election, by a margin of 52–48%. In 2006, Ivey was re-elected over Democrat Steve Segrest by a 60–40% margin. She was the first Republican elected state treasurer since Reconstruction.
As Treasurer, Ivey put the sources of state’s billions of dollars in tax revenue, as well as the state's total expenditures, online for public view. She updated the office's technology, trimmed the payroll and adopted private-sector management techniques. As a result, Treasurer Ivey saved the taxpayer nearly five million dollars in administrative costs during her term.
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