Katie Boyd Britt
Republican junior Senator of Alabama
Senator
Alabama
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2029
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Congresses Served
1
Senate Terms
February 2, 1982 (42 years old)
Birthday
- First woman and youngest Republican woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama
- Served as president and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama from 2019 to 2021
- Worked as chief of staff for her Senate predecessor, Richard Shelby, from 2016 to 2018
- Graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and later earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law
- Worked in law and public affairs before entering politics, including roles at Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP and Butler Snow LLP
- Announced candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2021 and won the election in 2022
- Publicly aligned with former President Donald Trump and supported claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election
- Advocates for conservative positions on issues such as abortion, education, foreign policy, gun rights, immigration, LGBT rights, and technology
- Criticized the Biden administration’s policies on immigration and the economy in her response to the State of the Union address
- Involved in controversy over a misleading sex trafficking story shared in her State of the Union response
- Serves on several Senate committees, including Appropriations; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and Rules and Administration
- Married to Wesley Britt, a former NFL player, and has two children