Katie Britt
| Katie Britt | |||
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| Junior U.S. Senator from Alabama From: January 3, 2023 - present | |||
| Predecessor | Richard Shelby | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Wesley | ||
| Religion | Christian | ||
Katie Elizabeth Boyd Britt (born February 2, 1982) is an American politician, attorney, and businesswoman, a member of the Republican Party. She is the current junior US Senator from Alabama.
Britt ran for Senate in 2022. The primary race featured six candidates; she and Mo Brooks (a US Representative) faced off in a runoff which she won. She was endorsed by then former President Donald Trump, former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and numerous Senators and Representatives at the federal and state level, along with a considerable number of business organizations. The general election (as expected, given Alabama is a strongly Republican state) was not close, with Britt nearly winning 2/3 of the vote.
In March 2024, she gave the Republican response at Biden's SOTU address.[1]
Britt slammed Biden's 'rage' in follow-up to SOTU rebuttal: 'Unbecoming' for a president.[2]
She is seen as a 'rising star'[3]; in her first term she is (as of 2025) on three major Senate Committees (Appropriations, Judiciary, and Rules and Administration).
In 2024 Katie Britt voted to send 61$ billion to Ukraine, although she attacked Mo Brooks who voted to send 40$ billion back in 2022.[4]
References
- ↑ U.S. Senator Katie Britt Makes Impassioned Plea for Action on Border Security
- ↑ Sen. Katie Britt targets Biden's 'rage' in follow-up to SOTU rebuttal: 'Unbecoming' for a president. By Bailee Hill, '"Fox News, Mar 8, 2024.
Freshman Alabama senator joins 'Fox & Friends' after delivering scathing SOTU response.
- ↑ Alabama Sen. Katie Britt says ‘the American dream has turned into a nightmare’ in GOP rebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union.
By Clare Foran and Kaanita Iyer, CNN, March 8, 2024.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House communications director during the Trump administration who is now a CNN political commentator, called Britt “a rising star”...
GOP leaders have touted Britt, 42, as a leading voice in a new generation of Republican lawmakers... - ↑ https://www.al.com/advice/2024/04/katie-britt-signals-possible-support-for-ukraine-aid-after-voting-against-package-in-february.html
