Steve Windom | |
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| 27th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama | |
| In office January 18, 1999 – January 20, 2003 | |
| Governor | Don Siegelman |
| Preceded by | Don Siegelman |
| Succeeded by | Lucy Baxley |
| Member of the Alabama Senate from the 35th district | |
| In office March 1989 – November 4, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Menton |
| Succeeded by | George Callahan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Ralph Windom November 6, 1949 Florence, South Carolina, U.S. |
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| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Alabama (BS, JD) |
Stephen Ralph Windom (born November 6, 1949) is an American attorney and politician who served as member of the Alabama State Senate from 1989 to 1998 and as the 27th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003.
Windom's political career began in the Alabama State Senate, where he served for two terms and an initial partial term decided by a special election. In 1997, he switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.
In 1998, Windom was elected Lieutenant Governor, becoming the first Republican Lieutenant Governor of Alabama since Reconstruction. He served under Democratic Governor Don Siegelman as Alabama's Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately.[1] He did not run for re-election in 2002, instead running for Governor. He lost in the Republican primary to Congressman Bob Riley and subsequently returned to the private sector.