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After graduation, Hubbard was employed from 1984 to 1990 as the associate sports information director for Auburn University. From 1990 to 1994, he was general manager of Host Communications. From 1994 to 2003, he owned and operated the Auburn Network, Inc., which operated four [[radio]] stations in the Auburn and Opelika area, published the quarterly magazine ''East Alabama Living,'' operated the advertising agency called, the Network Creative Media, and gained exclusive rights to broadcasting Auburn Tigers sporting events. The company made him wealthy. At their peak, the Hubbards had a net worth of $8.8 million, including commercial properties, stocks, their Auburn home, a farm, a lake house, and a beach condominium in the [[Florida]] Panhandle.<ref name=corruptgop>{{cite web|author=Joe Miller|date=June 17, 2016|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/134363/beyond-mike-hubbard-deep-corruption-alabama-go|title=Beyond Mike Hubbard: How Deep Does Corruption in Alabama Go|publisher=''The New Republic''|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref> 

After graduation, Hubbard was employed from 1984 to 1990 as the associate sports information director for Auburn University. From 1990 to 1994, he was general manager of Host Communications. From 1994 to 2003, he owned and operated the Auburn Network, Inc., which operated four [[radio]] stations in the Auburn and Opelika area, published the quarterly magazine ''East Alabama Living,'' operated the advertising agency called, the Network Creative Media, and gained exclusive rights to broadcasting Auburn Tigers sporting events. The company made him wealthy. At their peak, the Hubbards had a net worth of $8.8 million, including commercial properties, stocks, their Auburn home, a farm, a lake house, and a beach condominium in the [[Florida]] Panhandle.<ref name=corruptgop>{{cite web|author=Joe Miller|date=June 17, 2016|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/134363/beyond-mike-hubbard-deep-corruption-alabama-go|title=Beyond Mike Hubbard: How Deep Does Corruption in Alabama Go|publisher=''The New Republic''|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref> 

From 2003 until he became Speaker, Hubbard was the president of the International Sports Properties Auburn Project.<ref name=ballotpedia/><ref name=pvs/>

From 2003 until he became Speaker, Hubbard was the president of the International Sports Properties Auburn Project.<ref name=pvs/><ref name=ballotpedia/>

==Political life==

==Political life==

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|author=Joe Miller|title=How a Corrupt GOP Is Running Alabama Into the Ground|publisher=''The New Republic''|date=May 23, 2016|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref>

In May 2011, ''Governing Magazine''' named Hubbard one of seventeen "GOP Legislators to Watch" on a national level. The recipients of the honor were chosen on the basis of ambition, leadership, and political potential.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Hubbard|title=Mike Hubbard|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 1, 2017}}</ref>In 2012, Hubbard wrote a book about the Republican surge in Alabama entitled ''Storming The State House: The Campaign That Liberated Alabama from 136 Years of Democrat Rule.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.al.com/live/2012/06/four_revelations_from_alabama.html|title=Four revelations from ''Storming the State House''|author=George Talbot|date= June 20, 2012|publisher=''The Birmingham News''|accessdate=November 1, 2017}}</ref>  

In May 2011, ''Governing Magazine''' named Hubbard one of seventeen "GOP Legislators to Watch" on a national level. The recipients of the honor were chosen on the basis of ambition, leadership, and political potential.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Hubbard|title=Mike Hubbard|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 1, 2017}}</ref> In 2012, Hubbard wrote a book about the Republican surge in Alabama entitled ''Storming The State House: The Campaign That Liberated Alabama from 136 Years of Democrat Rule.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.al.com/live/2012/06/four_revelations_from_alabama.html|title=Four revelations from ''Storming the State House''|author=George Talbot|date= June 20, 2012|publisher=''The Birmingham News''|accessdate=November 1, 2017}}</ref>  

In 2013, Alabama Republicans approved House Bill 56, which authorized police to stop, search, and arrest those believed to be illegal immigrants, but the measure was soon declared unconstitutional by the federal courts.<ref>{{cite web|name=David Noriega|title=Alabama's Draconian Anti-Immigrant Law Dies With A Whimper|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidnoriega/alabamas-draconian-anti-immigrant-law-dies-with-a-whimper|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=Buzzfeed.com|date=November 3, 2014}}</ref>  Hubbard also pushed to passage voter identification laws and the closing of driver's license offices in the poorest counties in the state.<ref name=corruptgop/>

In 2013, Alabama Republicans approved House Bill 56, which authorized police to stop, search, and arrest those believed to be illegal immigrants, but the measure was soon declared unconstitutional by the federal courts.<ref>{{cite web|name=David Noriega|title=Alabama's Draconian Anti-Immigrant Law Dies With A Whimper|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidnoriega/alabamas-draconian-anti-immigrant-law-dies-with-a-whimper|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=Buzzfeed.com|date=November 3, 2014}}</ref>  Hubbard also pushed to passage voter identification laws and the closing of driver's license offices in the poorest counties in the state.<ref name=corruptgop/>

The Hubbard investigation prompted charges against two other Republican legislators. [[Greg Wren]], who represented District 75 in the capital city of [[Montgomery]], pleaded guilty to a charge of knowingly using his office for personal gain and resigned from the legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2014/04/01/rep-greg-wren-arrested-and-convicted.html|date=April 1, 2014|title=Rep. Greg Wren arrested and convicted|author=Antrenise Cole|publisher=''Birmingham Business Journal''|accessdate=November 2, 2017}}</ref> District 91 Representative [[Barry Moore]] of Enterprise was charged with two counts of felony perjury, and two counts of issuing false statements, but he was exonerated on all counts.<ref>{{cite web|url=

The Hubbard investigation prompted charges against two other Republican legislators. [[Greg Wren]], who represented District 75 in the capital city of [[Montgomery]], pleaded guilty to a charge of knowingly using his office for personal gain and resigned from the legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2014/04/01/rep-greg-wren-arrested-and-convicted.html|date=April 1, 2014|title=Rep. Greg Wren arrested and convicted|author=Antrenise Cole|publisher=''Birmingham Business Journal''|accessdate=November 2, 2017}}</ref> District 91 Representative [[Barry Moore]] of Enterprise was charged with two counts of felony perjury, and two counts of issuing false statements, but he was exonerated on all counts.<ref>{{cite web|url=

https://ballotpedia.org/Barry_Moore|title=Barry Moore|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=November 1, 2017}}</ref>  The Hubbard probe also exposed Governor Bentley's sex scandal,<ref name=newrepublic/>which brought about Bentley's resignation in 2017 and the installation of Lieutenant Governor [[Kay Ivey]] as his successor.

https://ballotpedia.org/Barry_Moore|title=Barry Moore|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=November 1, 2017}}</ref>  The Hubbard probe also exposed Governor Bentley's sex scandal,<ref name=newrepublic/> which brought about Bentley's resignation in 2017 and the installation of Lieutenant Governor [[Kay Ivey]] as his successor.

Hubbard's legal counsel was the Democratic former state Attorney General Bill Baxley.<ref name=newrepublic/>  Two months after the indictment, Hubbard won reelection in a landslide on November 4, 2014. He defeated businessman Fred "Sandy" Toomer in the Republican primary,  2,947 (60.2 percent) to 1,948 (39.8 percent). In the November 4 [[general election]], he defeated the Democrat Shirley Scott-Harris, 5,136 (58.5 percent) to 3,535 (40.3 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia/> He was reelected Speaker, 99-1, with four abstentions.<ref name=newrepublic/>   

Hubbard's legal counsel was the Democratic former state Attorney General Bill Baxley.<ref name=newrepublic/>  Two months after the indictment, Hubbard won reelection in a landslide on November 4, 2014. He defeated businessman Fred "Sandy" Toomer in the Republican primary,  2,947 (60.2 percent) to 1,948 (39.8 percent). In the November 4 [[general election]], he defeated the Democrat Shirley Scott-Harris, 5,136 (58.5 percent) to 3,535 (40.3 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia/> He was reelected Speaker, 99-1, with four abstentions.<ref name=newrepublic/>