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ALABAMA GOP CHAIR TERRY LATHAN COMES TO TOWN
Terry Lathan is a former public school teacher and Alabama and American political activist. She has served as the Chair of the Alabama Republican Party since February 2015.
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Early life
She worked as a public school teacher in Mobile, Alabama. She served on the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater South Alabama. In 2012, she was named the Alabama Boys and Girls Club Board Member of the Year (out of 750 statewide members.)
Political career
Terry has served in the Alabama Republican Party since the 1990s.She was elected Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party in February 2015 and is one of only 8 women State Chairs on the Republican National Committee Terry has been a member of the Alabama Republican Executive Committee for 25 years and has attended approximately 50 ALGOPEC meetings.
Terry is the former Chairman of the Mobile County Republican Executive Committee and has been a member for over 25 years. She served in 8 leadership positions in the Mobile County Republican Party.
Terry has recruited and trained over 300 Poll Watchers for the Republican Party and GOP candidates and has attended 6 Republican National Conventions. She was a member of the 2012 Alabama College of Electors for Mitt Romney.
In 2008, Terry received the Mobile County Republican Party Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2004, the Alabama Republican of the Year award was given to Terry and her husband, Jerry Lathan. In 2000 and 2004, Terry was the Mobile County Chair for George W. Bush Presidential campaigns.
She was elected as Chair of the Alabama Republican Party on February 21, 2015, replacing Bill Armistead, who did not seek reelection.
Terry has over 15,000 volunteer hours to the Republican Party.
Views
She is pro-life and against same-sex marriage. In 2013, she endorsed a bill which would have added more regulations and stumbling blocks to build abortion clinics. Terry is a former Pro-Life counselor at SavALife, Mobile, Alabama. She is also a member of the National Rifle Association.
Personal life
She is married to Jerry Lathan, the former Finance Chair of the Alabama Republican Party. They have a son, Adam, and a daughter, Brittany. They attend Christ United Methodist Church.
Terry is a graduate of Auburn University, Montgomery. She is a member of the Class of 2013 of Leadership Mobile. Terry is a former member of the Alabama Women’s Commission and the 2011 Alabama State Mathematics Textbook Committee, appointed by Governor Robert Bentley. She also is a former member of the Advisory Board to the Alabama Board of Registrars, appointed by Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, John McMillan.