Kay Ivey

Kay Ivey (July 2017)

Kay Ellen Ivey (born October 15, 1944 in Camden , Alabama ) is an American politician of the Republican Party . From 2011 to 2017 she was lieutenant governor of the state of Alabama. She has been the governor of the state since Robert J. Bentley stepped down on April 10, 2017 .

Career

Kay Ivey is sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury by Senator Jeff Sessions (2007)

Kay Ivey graduated from Auburn University and then worked as a teacher and in the banking industry. From 1970 to 1979 she was Assistant Vice President of Merchants National Bank / Regions Bank . In the meantime, she was also employed by the state agency Alabama Development Office . In the early 1980s she served in the administration of the Alabama House of Representatives . Politically, she originally belonged to the Democratic Party and later joined the Republicans. After a failed candidacy for the office of State Auditor , she was a division director at the Alabama Commission on Higher Education between 1985 and 1998 . Between 2003 and 2011 she was Treasurer of her state's Treasury. For constitutional reasons, she could not be re-elected to this office in 2010. Instead, she was being discussed as a candidate for the upcoming gubernatorial election. After actually initially wanting to run for office, she changed her mind and applied for the post of lieutenant governor.

In November 2010, Ivey was elected Lieutenant Governor of Alabama alongside Robert J. Bentley. She has held this office since January 17, 2011. In 2014 she was confirmed. Bentley resigned on April 10, 2017 after the Alabama Legislature initiated impeachment proceedings over a number of alleged crimes related to an extramarital relationship with an employee . So Ivey moved up to the post of governor. The office of lieutenant governor has since been vacant.

In the gubernatorial election on November 6, 2018, she was able to defend her office with 59.5% against the democratic challenger Walter Maddox , Mayor of Tuscaloosa , and thus win a full term in office. Her party colleague Will Ainsworth prevailed in the governor's election.

Positions

Ivey with US Vice President Mike Pence (2018)

Ivey strongly advocates against US President Trump's planned tariffs on car imports. They could, Ivey said, harm companies that employ thousands of Alabama people and contribute billions to the Alabama's economy.

She believes that executing death sentences will create “justice”. She signed a law in 2017 that allows for faster implementation of the death penalty. When allegations of sexual abuse were raised against controversial Republican candidate Roy Moore in the run-up to the Extraordinary Senate election in Alabama in 2018 , Ivey announced that he would vote for Moore so as not to endanger the Republican majority in the Senate , although she sees no reason not to believe the allegations . This attitude earned her some criticism

In May 2019, Ivey signed a law banning abortion in almost all cases in Alabama. The law provides sentences of up to 99 years in prison for doctors who perform abortions. Pregnancies resulting from incest or rape may only be terminated if there is an acute health risk for the mother.

Controversy

In February 2019, photos were published in the 1967 University of Auburn yearbook showing several female students with their faces painted black. This practice, called blackfacing , is considered racist in the US. Ivey was a college student at the time. She herself cannot be seen in any of the pictures, but one is on the page of her sisterhood , Alpha Gamma Delta , in the book. Ivey said she didn't know about the photo and was no longer very active in the sorority at the time.

In August 2019, a radio interview with Ivey and her then-husband LaRavia from their student days became known in which LaRavia mentioned that Ivey had participated in a satirical performance in which she had also painted her face black. Ivey specifically apologized for her behavior. Some Alabama Democrats then called for their resignation.

Web links

Commons : Kay Ivey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kay Ivey at Ballotpedia
• National Lieutenant Governors Association
• Project Vote Smart
• The 2014 election
• Biography on the Alabama State site

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{A b} Samuel Chamberlain: Robert Bentley: Alabama governor resigns over sex scandal . In: Fox News . April 10, 2017 ( foxnews.com [accessed April 10, 2017]).
2. ^ Susan B. Anthony List: Kay Ivey | Lieutenant Governor of Alabama ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Kim Chandler: Republican Kay Ivey wins full term as governor over Democrat. In: The Associated Press. November 7, 2018, accessed February 4, 2020 . 
4. ^ Greg Garrison: Alabama Lt. Gov. race: Ainsworth wins. In: AL.com. Advance Local Media LLC, November 7, 2018, accessed February 4, 2020 . 
5. ↑ FAZ.net: EU to Trump: $ 300 billion retaliation for auto tariffs
6. ↑ see also Alabama third in nation in auto exports
7. ↑ Two convicted murderers executed in the United States. In: t-online.de. Ströer Content Group, May 17, 2019, accessed on February 4, 2020 . 
8. ^ Brian Lyman: Ivey signs bill to shorten execution appeal time. In: Montgomery Advertiser. Gannett Co., Inc., May 26, 2017, accessed February 4, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Mike Cason: Gov. Kay Ivey to vote for Roy Moore in US Senate race. In: AL.com. Advance Local Media LLC, November 18, 2017, accessed February 4, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Alabama: Governor signs strict abortion law. In: aerztezeitung.de. May 16, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 . 
11. ↑ ZEIT ONLINE, dpa, hgö: Celebrities warn of US laws against abortion. In: zeit.de . May 17, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 . 
12. ^ Chip Brownlee: Blackface, racist photos among those in pages of old Glomerata yearbooks. In: The Auburn Plainsman. February 11, 2019, accessed February 4, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Andrew O'Reilly: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey apologizes for wearing blackface in college sorority skit. In: Fox News. Foxs News Network, LLC, August 29, 2019, accessed February 4, 2020 .