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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Richard Allen "Rich" Wingo
| office=Alabama State Representative for District 62 (Tuscaloosa County)
| term_start=November 5, 2014
| term_end=
| predecessor=John Merrill
| successor=
| birth_date=July 16, 1956
| birth_place=Elkhart, [[Indiana]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| profession=[[Business]]man<br>
Retired [[National Football League]] linebacker for the [[Green Bay Packers]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Cheri A. Wingo
| children=Jacob and Luke Wingo
}}
'''Richard Allen Wingo''', known as '''Rich Wingo''' (born July 16, 1956), is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Alabama House of Representatives for District 62 in eastern Tuscaloosa County. A former linebacker in the [[National Football League]], he played for five seasons for the [[Green Bay Packers]] from 1979 to 1984.
The Packers drafted Wingo from the [[University of Alabama]] in Tuscaloosa, at which he played from 1974 to 1978 under legendary Coach Bear Bryant. He was integral to Alabama's 1978 national championship<ref name=ballotpedia/> and its 1979 Sugar Bowl victory over [[Pennsylvania State University]]. Wingo was in the pile of players who stopped Penn State's Mike Guman at the goal line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2014/06/rich_wingo_helped_famous_tide.html|title=Rich Wingo helped famous Tide goal-line stand, now elected to Alabama legislature|date=June 4, 2014|publisher=AL.com|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref> He is the only Packers player to have a scoring total of 1 point, which he made in 1981, when he caught a pass in the end zone for a point-after-touchdown. While playing for the Packers, he scored no touchdowns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballdb.com/players/rich-wingo-wingori01/stats|title=Rich Wingo Career Stats|publisher=footballdb.com|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref> He was named Most Valuable Player in 1979 and "NFL Man of the Year" in 1982.<ref name=pvs/>
Wingo is a former head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alabama. He is co-owner of Solid Rock Builders and the president of AIG-Baker. He is a deacon and Sunday school teacher at the First [[Baptist]] Church of Tuscaloosa. He and his wife, Cheri, have two sons, Jake and Luke Wingo.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rich Wingo|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/150009/rich-wingo|publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]]|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref>
When District 62 Representative John Merrill launched a successful campaign for Alabama secretary of state, Wingo entered the race for the open seat. On June 3, 2014, he defeated intra-party rival Jamey Clements in the Republican [[primary]], 74 to 26 percent, and was unchallenged thereafter in the November 4 [[general election]]. In 2016, he was a district-level delegate to the Republican National Convention in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], which nominated the successful [[Donald Trump]] and [[Mike Pence]] ticket. He was bound by state party rules to support [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]] of [[Texas]] at the convention. Thereafter, he supported Trump.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_Wingo|title=Rich Wingo|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
Wingo is a member of these House committees: (1) Financial Services, (2) Insurance, (3) Tuscaloosa County Legislation, and (4) Ways and Means General Fund.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2015, Representative Wingo voted to allow officials to refuse to perform marriage ceremonies which the officials deem a violation of their moral standards. He 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 backed legislation to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure approved by the full House, 52-43. He voted to increase the cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. He opposed the failed bill which would have required animal shelters in Alabama to compile monthly records. In 2016, Wingo backed legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He voted for an increase in funding for new prison facilities, a measure which 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, a measure which the House approved, 72-29. Wingo 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/150009/rich-wingo#.WfaV97pFzb0|title=Rich Wingo's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
Wingo 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=Richard Allen "Rich" Wingo
| office=Alabama State Representative for District 62 (Tuscaloosa County)
| term_start=November 5, 2014
| term_end=
| predecessor=John Merrill
| successor=
| birth_date=July 16, 1956
| birth_place=Elkhart, [[Indiana]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| profession=[[Business]]man<br>
Retired [[National Football League]] linebacker for the [[Green Bay Packers]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Cheri A. Wingo
| children=Jacob and Luke Wingo
}}
'''Richard Allen Wingo''', known as '''Rich Wingo''' (born July 16, 1956), is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Alabama House of Representatives for District 62 in eastern Tuscaloosa County. A former linebacker in the [[National Football League]], he played for five seasons for the [[Green Bay Packers]] from 1979 to 1984.
The Packers drafted Wingo from the [[University of Alabama]] in Tuscaloosa, at which he played from 1974 to 1978 under legendary Coach Bear Bryant. He was integral to Alabama's 1978 national championship<ref name=ballotpedia/> and its 1979 Sugar Bowl victory over [[Pennsylvania State University]]. Wingo was in the pile of players who stopped Penn State's Mike Guman at the goal line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2014/06/rich_wingo_helped_famous_tide.html|title=Rich Wingo helped famous Tide goal-line stand, now elected to Alabama legislature|date=June 4, 2014|publisher=AL.com|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref> He is the only Packers player to have a scoring total of 1 point, which he made in 1981, when he caught a pass in the end zone for a point-after-touchdown. While playing for the Packers, he scored no touchdowns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballdb.com/players/rich-wingo-wingori01/stats|title=Rich Wingo Career Stats|publisher=footballdb.com|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref> He was named Most Valuable Player in 1979 and "NFL Man of the Year" in 1982.<ref name=pvs/>
Wingo is a former head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alabama. He is co-owner of Solid Rock Builders and the president of AIG-Baker. He is a deacon and Sunday school teacher at the First [[Baptist]] Church of Tuscaloosa. He and his wife, Cheri, have two sons, Jake and Luke Wingo.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rich Wingo|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/150009/rich-wingo|publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]]|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref>
When District 62 Representative John Merrill launched a successful campaign for Alabama secretary of state, Wingo entered the race for the open seat. On June 3, 2014, he defeated intra-party rival Jamey Clements in the Republican [[primary]], 74 to 26 percent, and was unchallenged thereafter in the November 4 [[general election]]. In 2016, he was a district-level delegate to the Republican National Convention in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], which nominated the successful [[Donald Trump]] and [[Mike Pence]] ticket. He was bound by state party rules to support [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]] of [[Texas]] at the convention. Thereafter, he supported Trump.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_Wingo|title=Rich Wingo|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
Wingo is a member of these House committees: (1) Financial Services, (2) Insurance, (3) Tuscaloosa County Legislation, and (4) Ways and Means General Fund.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2015, Representative Wingo voted to allow officials to refuse to perform marriage ceremonies which the officials deem a violation of their moral standards. He 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 backed legislation to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure approved by the full House, 52-43. He voted to increase the cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. He opposed the failed bill which would have required animal shelters in Alabama to compile monthly records. In 2016, Wingo backed legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He voted for an increase in funding for new prison facilities, a measure which 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, a measure which the House approved, 72-29. Wingo 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/150009/rich-wingo#.WfaV97pFzb0|title=Rich Wingo's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
Wingo 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}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wingo, Rich}}
[[Category:Alabama]]
[[Category:Indiana]]
[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]