Adelbert Carl "Del" Marsh (born September 2, 1956) is a former Republican member of the

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, who represented the 12th District from 1998 until 2022. He defeated

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challenger Judge Wallace Wyatt in the 2010 midterm elections. The next day, he was chosen as

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of the Alabama State Senate by his colleagues. Since the succession of

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to the position of

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on April 10, 2017, until January 14, 2019, the office of lieutenant governor was vacant.

Career

In May 2019, he voted to make abortion a crime at any stage in a pregnancy, with no exemptions for cases of rape or incest. In May 2019, he co-sponsored a bill to change Alabama's ethics laws to allow lobbyists to give unlimited gifts to lawmakers. Also on the bill were measures to decriminalize bribery and to redefine key terms of the ethics laws in order to loosen their power to prevent corruption. In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Marsh proposed using $200 million of CARES Act relief for the building of a new state house. $1.8 billion was given to the Alabama state government to be used for expenditures caused by the pandemic.

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External links

Alabama State Legislature – Senator Del Marsh
official government website
Project Vote Smart – Senator Del Marsh (AL)
profile *''Follow the Money'' – Del Marsh
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