| | Born in Mobile, Sells graduated from Vigor High School in Prichard in Mobile County. He is a former firefighter and the founder of Sells Medical Equipment Company in Greenville. He is a member of the Butler County Fair Board, Kiwanis International, and the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Spring Hill [[Baptist]] Church in Greenville. He and his wife, Joyce, have a daughter, Hannah.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149986/chris-sells#.We1QnrpFzb0|title=Chris Sells' Biography|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref> | | Born in Mobile, Sells graduated from Vigor High School in Prichard in Mobile County. He is a former firefighter and the founder of Sells Medical Equipment Company in Greenville. He is a member of the Butler County Fair Board, Kiwanis International, and the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Spring Hill [[Baptist]] Church in Greenville. He and his wife, Joyce, have a daughter, Hannah.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149986/chris-sells#.We1QnrpFzb0|title=Chris Sells' Biography|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref> |
| − | In the Republican [[primary]] for House District 90 on June 3, 2014, Sells unseated the incumbent Charles Newton. In the November 4 [[general election]], Sells defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] nominee Walton Ward Hickman, ]7,722 (56.6 percent) to 5,894 (43.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Sells|title=Chris Sells|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 22, 2017}}</ref> Walton, who also resides in Greenville, advocated the establishment of a state lottery to fund public education, including scholarships for two-year and four-year colleges, along lines of similar programs in [[Georgia]] and [[Florida]]. A lottery, however, requires voter approval in Alabama through a state constitutional amendment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenvilleadvocate.com/2014/09/16/hickman-time-for-education-lottery/|title=Hickman: Time for education lottery|publisher=''The Greenville Advocate''|date=September 16, 2014|author=Andy Brown|accessdate=October 22, 2017}}</ref> | + | In the Republican [[primary]] for House District 90 on June 3, 2014, Sells unseated the incumbent Charles Newton. In the November 4 [[general election]], Sells defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] nominee Walton Ward Hickman, ]7,722 (56.6 percent) to 5,894 (43.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Sells|title=Chris Sells|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 22, 2017}}</ref> Walton, who also resides in Greenville, advocated the establishment of a state lottery to fund public education, including scholarships for two-year and four-year colleges, along lines of similar programs in [[Georgia]] and [[Florida]]. A lottery, however, requires voter approval in Alabama through a state constitutional amendment. Sells said that he would donate $10,000 of his legislative salary for educational needs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenvilleadvocate.com/2014/09/16/hickman-time-for-education-lottery/|title=Hickman: Time for education lottery|publisher=''The Greenville Advocate''|date=September 16, 2014|author=Andy Brown|accessdate=October 22, 2017}}</ref> |
| | Sells sits on these House committees: (1) Commerce and Small Business, (2) Montgomery County Legislation, and (3) Ways and Means General Fund.<ref name=pvs/> | | Sells sits on these House committees: (1) Commerce and Small Business, (2) Montgomery County Legislation, and (3) Ways and Means General Fund.<ref name=pvs/> |