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[[Image:Alabama_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Alabama.]]

[[Image:Alabama_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Alabama.]]

'''Alabama''' is located in the Southeastern region of the [[United States]] and on December 14th, 1819 it became the twenty-second state to enter into the union.  

'''Alabama''' is located in the Southeastern region of the [[United States]] and on December 14th, 1819 it became the twenty-second state to enter the union.  

==Civil War History==

==Civil War History==

==Alabama Politics==

==Alabama Politics==

The capital of Alabama is [[Montgomery]] and its largest city is [[Birmingham]]. Alabama is a [[red state]] which tends favor [[Republican]]s in elections, particularly on a national level. <ref>http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/</ref> The current governor of Alabama is Bob Riley, a Republican. Alabama's current Senators are Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, both are Republicans.  

The capital of Alabama is [[Montgomery]] and its largest city is [[Birmingham]]. Alabama is a [[red state]] which tends favor [[Republican]]s in elections, particularly on a national level. <ref>http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/</ref> The current governor of Alabama is Bob Riley, a Republican. Alabama's current Senators are [[Richard Shelby]] and [[Jeff Sessions]], both of whom are Republicans.  

==Elected Officials==

==Elected Officials==

===Federal===

===Federal===