State Representative Mike Hubbard of Alabama
State Representative Mike Hubbard represents House District 79 in the Alabama House of Representatives and also serves as the Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party.
Hubbard was first elected to the Alabama Legislature in 1998, his first attempt at elected office. Hubbard was re-elected by the voters of District 79 in 2002 and 2006. He currently holds the position of House Minority Leader, the highest-ranking Republican in the Alabama House of Representatives.
He was elected as the Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party on February 10, 2007.
Hubbard was the recipient of the 2001 Legislative Leadership Award presented by the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools. The Alabama Independent Insurance Agents Association also named him their 2001 Alabama Lawmaker-of-the-Year. He was also named the 2003 “Republican of the Year” by the Lee County Republican Party.
A 1983 graduate of the University of Georgia with a degree in radio and television, Hubbard came to Auburn two weeks after graduation where he worked for six years in the Auburn Athletic Department. During his athletic media relations career, Hubbard worked directly with two successful Heisman Trophy efforts - Herschel Walker at Georgia and Bo Jackson at Auburn.
In In 1990, Hubbard left Auburn University to head up Auburn’s radio and television sports network. In 1994, Hubbard formed his own company, Auburn Network, Inc., to handle Auburn’s multi-media rights and built the network into one of the nation’s most respected collegiate sports networks.
In 2003, Hubbard sold the multi-media sports division of his company to Winston-Salem, N.C.-based International Sports Properties and continues to serve as President of ISP’s Auburn project.
Hubbard’s company, Auburn Network, Inc., owns and operates WANI NewsTalk 1400, a commercial radio station in the Auburn/Opelika market as well as Studio 197, an audio production company serving the national broadcast industry, and East Alabama Living, a regional quarterly magazine. Auburn Network, Inc., is also a partner in Craftmaster Printers, Inc., a commercial printing company based in Auburn.
Hubbard is a member of the Board of Directors of the Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Broadcasters Association. He also serves as a member of the Auburn-Opelika Airport Advisory Board.
Hubbard’s wife, Dr. Susan Hubbard, is Associate Dean of Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences.
The Hubbards are the parents of two sons, Clayte and Riley. They are active members of Auburn United Methodist Church.
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State Representative John H. Frey of Connecticut
State Representative John H. Frey won re-election to serve as State Representative for the people of the 111th District on November 7, 2006. A Ridgefield resident since 1965, Representative Frey attended the Ridgefield public schools and graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1981. He went on to study at Western Connecticut State University.
Serving in his fifth term as Ridgefield’s chief advocate in Hartford, Representative Frey was appointed by the House Minority Leader, Larry Cafero, to serve as Minority Whip. Rep. Frey also serves on the Legislature’s Finance, Revenue, & Bonding Committee, Insurance & Real Estate Committee and the Banks Committee.
Representative Frey has supported measures to improve education for students at all grade levels, to protect benefits of seniors and Veterans residing in Connecticut, to preserve consumers’ rights, to reform state government, and to secure pristine open space acreage.
Representative Frey has also been instrumental in securing state aid for local projects in Ridgefield, including the Ridgefield Boys & Girls Club, Meals on Wheels, Ridgefield Historical Society, Cass Gilbert Fountain, Ridgefield Playhouse, Rotary Club's Boundless Playground at Parks and Recreation, school construction and improvements, the Ridgefield Veterans Community Center and the Aldrich Museum. He was primarily responsible for securing $4.5 million in state aid for the acquisition of the Bennetts Pond State Park.
Before winning election to the state House of Representatives, former Governor John Rowland appointed Representative Frey ‘Chairman’ of the Connecticut Real Estate Commission in 1995, holding the distinct honor as the commission’s youngest Chairman in state history.
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