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{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Mike J. Holmes
|office=Alabama State Representative for District 31 (Autauga and Elmore counties)
| term_start=February 5, 2014
| term_end=
| predecessor=Charles Barrett Mask
| successor=
| birth_date=Early 1940s
| birth_place=Crenshaw County<br>[[Alabama]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| profession=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Shirley Russell Holmes
| children=Two children
}}
'''Mike J. Holmes''' (born early 1940s) is a [[business]]man from Wetumka, [[Alabama]] who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 31 in Autauga and Elmore counties in the central portion of his state near the capital city of [[Montgomery]].
Holmes attended [[Pennsylvania State University]] at University Park, [[Pennsylvania]] and received his Bachelor of Science from Troy University in Troy, Alabama. He operates a [[real estate]] brokerage firm and has previous experience as a salesman and timber farmer. A member of the Alabama State Republican Executive Committee, he was a delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], which nominated [[Mitt Romney]] and [[Paul Ryan]], and the 2016 conclave in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], which nominated the successful [[Donald Trump]] and [[Mike Pence]] ticket. Holmes was first pledged to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]] of [[Texas]] before he could switch his support to Trump and Pence. From 2011 to 2013, he was the chairman of the Elmore County Republican Party. he is a member and former officer of the Wetumpka [[Tea Party movement]]. He is a member of Christchurch Anglican, a conservative [[Episcopalian]] denomination in Montgomery. He and his wife, the former Shirley Russell, have two children and four grandchildren. They married c. 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url-http://www.holmes4house.com/|title=Mike Holmes for District 31|publisher=Holmes4house.com|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
On February 4, 2014, he won a special election for his current House seat.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|title=Mike Holmes|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/145595/mike-holmes#.VZVlW2TBzGd|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref> The seat became when Republican Charles Barrett Mask resigned to accept the position of chief executive officer of the Alabama Association of Realtors. In the [[primary]] on December 3, 2013, Holmes defeated intra-party rivals Jimmy Collier, Michael Griggs, and Frank Bertarelli. Since no candidate gained more than 50 percent of the votes, Holmes and Collier, the top two vote-getters, met in a runoff on February 4, which Holmes won. No [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] filed for the position, and Holmes was declared the winner. Holmes ran unopposed a few months after the special election in the regular Republican primary and then the November 4 general election for a full term in the office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Holmes_(Alabama)|title=Mike Holmes (Alabama)|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
Holmes is the vice chairman of the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions and a member of the Judiciary Committee.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2014, Representative Holmes voted to prohibit abortion after the detection of the heartbeat of the unborn child. He voted to permit display of the [[Ten Commandments]] on public property, a measure which passed the House, 77-19. He did not vote on the issue of drug testing for certain recipients of the public welfare system. In 2015, Holmes supported legislation affirming the use of electrocution in executions. He voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. He sponsored legislation to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure approved by the full House, 52-43. He opposed the increase in the cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. He supported the failed bill which would have required animal shelters in Alabama to compile monthly records. In 2016, Holmes co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He voted against an increase in funding for new prison facilities, a measure which nevertheless passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, he voted to authorize midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84-11. He supported reducing the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted for the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, which forbids the alteration or removal of historic [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] monuments; the House approved the measure, 72-29. Holmes voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, a measure which passed the House, 78-19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/145595/mike-holmes#.WfZUBLpFzb0|title=Mike Holmes' Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
Holmes is a supporter of [[conservative]] Republican former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court [[Roy Moore]] for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by now [[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/roy_moore_gets_endorsements_fr.html|title=Roy Moore gets endorsements from 14 Alabama lawmakers|publisher=Al.com|date=August 22, 2017|author=Mike Casson|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref> Having defeated interim Senator [[Luther Strange]] in the Republican runoff primary in September, Moore now faces a [[liberal]] Democrat, former United States Attorney Doug Jones, in the December 12 special election.
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| name =Mike J. Holmes
|office=Alabama State Representative for District 31 (Autauga and Elmore counties)
| term_start=February 5, 2014
| term_end=
| predecessor=Charles Barrett Mask
| successor=
| birth_date=Early 1940s
| birth_place=Crenshaw County<br>[[Alabama]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| profession=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Shirley Russell Holmes
| children=Two children
}}
'''Mike J. Holmes''' (born early 1940s) is a [[business]]man from Wetumka, [[Alabama]] who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 31 in Autauga and Elmore counties in the central portion of his state near the capital city of [[Montgomery]].
Holmes attended [[Pennsylvania State University]] at University Park, [[Pennsylvania]] and received his Bachelor of Science from Troy University in Troy, Alabama. He operates a [[real estate]] brokerage firm and has previous experience as a salesman and timber farmer. A member of the Alabama State Republican Executive Committee, he was a delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], which nominated [[Mitt Romney]] and [[Paul Ryan]], and the 2016 conclave in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], which nominated the successful [[Donald Trump]] and [[Mike Pence]] ticket. Holmes was first pledged to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]] of [[Texas]] before he could switch his support to Trump and Pence. From 2011 to 2013, he was the chairman of the Elmore County Republican Party. he is a member and former officer of the Wetumpka [[Tea Party movement]]. He is a member of Christchurch Anglican, a conservative [[Episcopalian]] denomination in Montgomery. He and his wife, the former Shirley Russell, have two children and four grandchildren. They married c. 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url-http://www.holmes4house.com/|title=Mike Holmes for District 31|publisher=Holmes4house.com|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
On February 4, 2014, he won a special election for his current House seat.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|title=Mike Holmes|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/145595/mike-holmes#.VZVlW2TBzGd|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref> The seat became when Republican Charles Barrett Mask resigned to accept the position of chief executive officer of the Alabama Association of Realtors. In the [[primary]] on December 3, 2013, Holmes defeated intra-party rivals Jimmy Collier, Michael Griggs, and Frank Bertarelli. Since no candidate gained more than 50 percent of the votes, Holmes and Collier, the top two vote-getters, met in a runoff on February 4, which Holmes won. No [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] filed for the position, and Holmes was declared the winner. Holmes ran unopposed a few months after the special election in the regular Republican primary and then the November 4 general election for a full term in the office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Holmes_(Alabama)|title=Mike Holmes (Alabama)|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
Holmes is the vice chairman of the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions and a member of the Judiciary Committee.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2014, Representative Holmes voted to prohibit abortion after the detection of the heartbeat of the unborn child. He voted to permit display of the [[Ten Commandments]] on public property, a measure which passed the House, 77-19. He did not vote on the issue of drug testing for certain recipients of the public welfare system. In 2015, Holmes supported legislation affirming the use of electrocution in executions. He voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. He sponsored legislation to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure approved by the full House, 52-43. He opposed the increase in the cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. He supported the failed bill which would have required animal shelters in Alabama to compile monthly records. In 2016, Holmes co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He voted against an increase in funding for new prison facilities, a measure which nevertheless passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, he voted to authorize midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84-11. He supported reducing the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted for the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, which forbids the alteration or removal of historic [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] monuments; the House approved the measure, 72-29. Holmes voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, a measure which passed the House, 78-19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/145595/mike-holmes#.WfZUBLpFzb0|title=Mike Holmes' Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
Holmes is a supporter of [[conservative]] Republican former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court [[Roy Moore]] for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by now [[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/roy_moore_gets_endorsements_fr.html|title=Roy Moore gets endorsements from 14 Alabama lawmakers|publisher=Al.com|date=August 22, 2017|author=Mike Casson|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref> Having defeated interim Senator [[Luther Strange]] in the Republican runoff primary in September, Moore now faces a [[liberal]] Democrat, former United States Attorney Doug Jones, in the December 12 special election.
==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Alabama]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]