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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Kyle South
| office=Alabama State Representative<br> for District 14 (Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, and Tuscaloosa counties)
| term_start=November 5, 2014
| term_end=
| preceded=Daniel H. Boman
| succeeded=
| birth_date=c. 1981
| birth_place=Fayette, [[Alabama]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Name of wife missing
| children=Ava and Kylie South
| alma_mater=[[University of Alabama]]
| occupation=Cable television general manager
| religion=
| residence=Fayette, Alabama
}}
'''Kyle South''' (born c. 1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Kyle-South/Fayette-AL|title=Kyle South|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from his native Fayette, [[Alabama]], who has since 2014 represented District 16 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district encompasses Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, and Tuscaloosa counties in the western portion of his state.
South studied marketing at the [[University of Alabama]] at Tuscaloosa. Since 2004, he has been the general manager of West Alabama TV Cable in Fayette. He is married and has two children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149991/kyle-south#.WerN1LpFzb0|title=Kyle South's Biography|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref>
In 2014, South won the Republican nomination for the District 16 House seat by defeating intra-party rival Bobby Humphryes, 3,050 (63.1 percent) to 1,786 (36.9 percent). South then unseated incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Daniel H. Boman in the November 4 [[general election]], 10,467 (75.3 percent) to 3,430 (24.7 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kyle_South|title=Kyle South|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref>
South serves on these committees: (1) Insurance, (2) Jefferson County Legislation, (3) State Government, (4) Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure, (5) Tuscaloosa County Legislation, and (6) Ways and Means General Fund.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2015, Representative South voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. He voted against the legislation which allows the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, which was approved 52-43. He voted for the increase in the cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. In 2016, South co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation [[abortion]]s in Alabama. He voted for additional funding for new prison facilities, a measure which passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, he did not vote on the bill to authorize midwives to practice in his state, which won House approval, 84-11. He voted to reduce the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic monuments, which passed 72-29. South voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/149991/kyle-south#.WesqoLpFzb0|title=Kyile South's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Alabama]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
| name=Kyle South
| office=Alabama State Representative<br> for District 14 (Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, and Tuscaloosa counties)
| term_start=November 5, 2014
| term_end=
| preceded=Daniel H. Boman
| succeeded=
| birth_date=c. 1981
| birth_place=Fayette, [[Alabama]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Name of wife missing
| children=Ava and Kylie South
| alma_mater=[[University of Alabama]]
| occupation=Cable television general manager
| religion=
| residence=Fayette, Alabama
}}
'''Kyle South''' (born c. 1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Kyle-South/Fayette-AL|title=Kyle South|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from his native Fayette, [[Alabama]], who has since 2014 represented District 16 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district encompasses Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, and Tuscaloosa counties in the western portion of his state.
South studied marketing at the [[University of Alabama]] at Tuscaloosa. Since 2004, he has been the general manager of West Alabama TV Cable in Fayette. He is married and has two children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149991/kyle-south#.WerN1LpFzb0|title=Kyle South's Biography|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref>
In 2014, South won the Republican nomination for the District 16 House seat by defeating intra-party rival Bobby Humphryes, 3,050 (63.1 percent) to 1,786 (36.9 percent). South then unseated incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Daniel H. Boman in the November 4 [[general election]], 10,467 (75.3 percent) to 3,430 (24.7 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kyle_South|title=Kyle South|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref>
South serves on these committees: (1) Insurance, (2) Jefferson County Legislation, (3) State Government, (4) Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure, (5) Tuscaloosa County Legislation, and (6) Ways and Means General Fund.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2015, Representative South voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. He voted against the legislation which allows the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, which was approved 52-43. He voted for the increase in the cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. In 2016, South co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation [[abortion]]s in Alabama. He voted for additional funding for new prison facilities, a measure which passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, he did not vote on the bill to authorize midwives to practice in his state, which won House approval, 84-11. He voted to reduce the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic monuments, which passed 72-29. South voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/149991/kyle-south#.WesqoLpFzb0|title=Kyile South's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:South, Kyle}}
[[Category:Alabama]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]