Lew Burdette
Lew Burdette (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Alabama. He lost in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022.
Burdette completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lew Burdette was born in Roanoke, Alabama. His career experience includes working as president of King's Home.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Alabama gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Alabama
Incumbent Kay Ivey defeated Yolanda Flowers, James Blake, and Jared Budlong in the general election for Governor of Alabama on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kay Ivey (R) | 66.9 | 946,932 | |
| Yolanda Flowers (D) | 29.2 | 412,961 | ||
| James Blake (L) | 3.2 | 45,958 | ||
| Jared Budlong (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 9,432 | ||
| Total votes: 1,415,283 | ||||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Alabama
Yolanda Flowers defeated Malika Sanders-Fortier in the Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Alabama on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Yolanda Flowers | 55.1 | 32,529 | |
| Malika Sanders-Fortier | 44.9 | 26,469 | ||
| Total votes: 58,998 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Alabama
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Alabama on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Yolanda Flowers | 33.9 | 56,991 | |
| ✔ | Malika Sanders-Fortier | 32.5 | 54,699 | |
| Patricia Jamieson | 11.7 | 19,691 | ||
| Arthur Kennedy | 9.3 | 15,630 | ||
| Doug Smith | 7.1 | 11,861 | ||
| Chad Chig Martin | 5.6 | 9,352 | ||
| Total votes: 168,224 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Alabama
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Alabama on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kay Ivey | 54.5 | 357,069 | |
| Lynda Blanchard | 19.2 | 126,202 | ||
| Tim James | 16.2 | 106,181 | ||
| Lew Burdette | 6.5 | 42,924 | ||
| Dean Odle | 1.8 | 11,767 | ||
| Donald Jones | 0.6 | 3,821 | ||
| Dave Thomas | 0.4 | 2,886 | ||
| Stacy George | 0.4 | 2,546 | ||
| Dean Young | 0.4 | 2,356 | ||
| Total votes: 655,752 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jim Zeigler (R)
Campaign themes
2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lew Burdette completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burdette's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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From an early age, Lew Burdette began learning the ins and outs of business in his father’s family-owned grocery store. Later, this background would build a foundation for Lew to excel as a business leader. Opportunity grew into success during Lew’s 13-year career with Books-A-Million, holding several executive positions including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In 1998, Lew founded Kindred, a Christian retail superstore in Birmingham where he was President/Chief Executive Officer.
Since October of 2002, it has been the thrill of Lew’s career to lead King’s Home, a large Birmingham, Christian non-profit, where he has served as President. Lew’s business experience has helped King’s Home grow exponentially by quadrupling the number served of abused youth, moms, and children fleeing domestic violence. Lew has been involved in the daily management of essential areas such as strategic planning, financial expertise, operations, and Human Resource management. Yet, Lew’s greatest joy for more than 18 years at King’s Home is seeing God restore, heal and transform the lives of King’s Home residents escaping abuse and domestic violence.- Education is my top priority.
- Better jobs follow better education.
- Restore trust in government by ending corruption in Alabama.
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Campaign website
Burdette's campaign website stated the following:
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Education All Alabamians should believe in their ability to accomplish their dreams. This starts with a solid education that prepares our children for a life full of hope and opportunity. Quality of education at every level shapes our children for a bright future and better jobs. Excellence in education must be our standard. Classroom instruction must reach the same level of excellence. Teachers need continued opportunities for development to assist with ever-changing challenges in the classroom. When children receive an excellent education, it changes their a) lifetime earning potential b) outlook on life c) and hope for the future. Lew Burdette supports School Choice and believe every child deserves the opportunity for the best education possible. Community colleges need to refocus on a practical curriculum with supports trades like welding, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing. As a state, we need to evaluate the possible reorganization of enormous-sized school districts that are unmanageable and that fail to properly support individual schools. For decades, Alabama has ranked at the bottom in Education. Alabama is currently 47th in state rankings of Education, this must change. In our state, 2 + 2 will always equal 4, and we will not allow the Critical Race Theory curriculum to be taught in our school systems. Quality education enables every child the opportunity to reach their dreams, creates a path for success, and a rewarding future. Lew Burdette will work tirelessly to raise the standard of education for each and every young person in this state. Creating Jobs Lew Burdette will work tirelessly, to bolster a business environment, which will create higher-paying jobs. This will be especially true in rural areas, where he and so many Alabamians grew up. The only way to accomplish this is by fighting government overreach, eliminating excessive regulations, and lowering taxes to promote job growth. He will be a champion of free enterprise, and fully support economic policies and regulatory reforms that stimulate the growth of jobs for all Alabamians. Election Transparency Did you know Alabama allows unlimited campaign contributions? Maybe that’s part of the problem. Kay Ivey has received more than $5,000,000 in contributions greater than $10,000 since she first ran for Governor. Lew has had people offer to donate $100,000, but he has capped contributions at $10,000 to reinforce that elections aren’t bought, they are earned. Corruption is about the only thing Alabama ranks high at when compared to other states. Let’s change that. Lew Burdette will make Alabama better at education, at jobs, at healthcare, and at vocational training. 2nd Amendment Healthcare Since 2010, 17 privately run hospitals have closed in Alabama since Obamacare was implemented. Alabama currently ranks #10 in states with the most rural hospital closures since 2005. Lew grew up in a small town in east Alabama, and he is passionate about rural healthcare. We must close the rural health care gap that exists in our State. Lew Burdette will strive to develop realistic, conservative healthcare reform that will increase access to healthcare, lower prescription drug costs, and encourage competition between all healthcare providers in our State. Sanctity of Life Lew Burdette stands firm that life begins at conception and will fully support pro-life positions. He will not waiver from protecting the unborn. As your Governor, he will passionately fight for those who have no voice. Prison Reform As your Governor, Lew Burdette will make sure that we use our resources to accomplish the objectives of reduced recidivism and improved public safety. His plan will be to reduce recidivism by providing help with addiction therapy and basic survival skills needed to succeed, by those released, which will reduce both the risk of reoffenders and also reduce the risk of jeopardizing public safety. His administration will supervise those released, specifically tailored to their risks of reoffending. Alabama's parole system must be equipped with the resources to know who should and should not be released. Offenders who are churned in and out of the system become dependent on government assistance. We need to assist those with addiction, coupled with training them with educational life skills which will reduce reoffenders. We need to make sure that prisoners who are released do so under strict supervision. Those with addiction and or mental health issues need to receive the appropriate treatment and develop employable skills, only after serving an appropriate sentence for their crime. Strong supervision will instill personal responsibility. We must provide clear expectations and make sure that consequences are uniformly applied. All community corrections and re-entry programs should apply similar practices uniformly. As your Governor, Lew will develop a long term, sustainable plan to better serve and rehabilitate the prison population. This plan will strengthen and improve public safety, and in turn, reduce the costs of an overcrowded prison population. Mental Health One in five Americans will experience mental health problems in their lifetime. We need to eliminate the stigma associated with the need for Mental Health treatment. Mental illness is not a character flaw. We must work every day to ensure that none of these Alabamians slip through the cracks or get lost in the system. We have an opioid epidemic in this state that we must work tirelessly to eliminate. In 2021, CDC data released showed that overdose deaths were up 35%. The national average showed an increase of 30.9%. In 2018, Alabama providers wrote 97.5 opioid prescriptions for every 100 people – the highest rate in the nation. The prescription and use of highly addictive opioids must be strictly monitored, and we must do a better job of that. Alabama suicide rate in 2019, was 16.4 per 100,000 persons, making suicide the 12th leading cause of death in our state. Alabama is consistently higher than the national average in this statistic. We must lower these numbers in our state with better public education of the risk factors and warning signs of those suffering with depression and suicidal tendencies. Lew will work every day to help Alabama become a state where individuals suffering from mental illness have the proper safety net of resources, helping them get the treatment they need and deserve, with the goal that they will be thriving members of their communities. 1st Amendment It is easy to see what is happening in our country. There are evil forces seeking to destroy our culture, steal our freedoms, and divide our families. We are experiencing relentless assaults on our freedoms and our culture is in decline. We can not sit idly by and allow our freedoms to be taken from us. It is time to limit government involvement in our lives so that we can live as free and happy people. Free to enjoy the life and liberties our Creator intended for us to have. As freedom-loving people, Lew is calling on all Alabamians to unite and protect our great state from the forces seeking to destroy our family values and cancel our voices. This is especially true as too big tech giants seem to only favor silencing conservative voices. As your Governor, Lew Burdette will be a strong defender of your 1st Amendment rights and freedoms. Keeping Alabama Safe Calls to defund the police are irresponsible and have been most damaging to the very communities experiencing the worst criminal activity. As your Governor, Lew Burdette will advocate for law enforcement accountability, and he will work to provide the highest levels of development and training for all officers. [2] |
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| —Lew Burdette[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 29, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lew Burdette's campaign website, “Why Lew?,” accessed May 2, 2022
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