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|party=[[Democrat]] (1979–1994)<br/>[[Republican]]

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] (1955–1994)<br/>[[Republican Party|Republican]] (since 1994)]]

|spouse=Annette Shelby

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|religion=[[Presbyterian]]

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'''Richard Craig Shelby''' (born May 6, 1934) is the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Alabama]]. Originally elected to the Senate as a [[Democrat]], Shelby switched to the [[Republican Party]] in 1994 when it gained the majority in [[Congress]].

'''Richard Craig Shelby''' (born May 6, 1934) is the senior [[United States [[Senator]] from [[Alabama]]. Originally elected to the Senate as a [[Democrat]], Shelby switched to the [[Republican Party]] in 1994 when it gained the majority in [[Congress]].

He is not a candidate for reelection in the 2022 mid-term elections.

He is not a candidate for reelection to a seventh term in the 2022 mid-term elections.

==Early life==

==Early life==