Almond Sworn In After Running Unopposed For House District 63

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Former Tuscaloosa City Council President Cynthia Lee Almond will now represent District 63 in the Alabama House of Representatives, after being sworn in Thursday by Judge Brad Almond, during a small ceremony at the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse.

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The Republican attorney ran unopposed to fill the seat left vacant by fellow GOP member Bill Poole, who left the legislature after being appointed state finance director by Gov. Kay Ivey in August.

House District 63, which occupies a large central portion of Tuscaloosa County, has a reported population just south of 47,000 people and roughly 15,000 households, according to the latest available data. It also includes most of the City of Tuscaloosa.

"We have a progressive, growing area," Almond told Patch in July, after learning she would be unopposed in the special election. "We need leaders who will develop policy and laws to make our state competitive nationally and internationally and provide good paying jobs for our people."

First elected to the Tuscaloosa City Council in 2005, Almond has remained popular among constituents and never saw another challenger on the ballot for the rest of her time in local office.

This trend would continue when she announced her candidacy for the House of Representatives in June, after opting to not to seek another term earlier this year.

Almond will now serve the remainder of Poole's unexpired term, which will be up for election in November 2022.

While Almond is now the newest face on Tuscaloosa delegation, both State Rep. Rodney Sullivan, R-Northport and State Rep. Rich Wingo, R-Tuscaloosa, announced they would not seek new terms in 2022, which will open up two more seats on the local delegation.

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