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July 14, 2021 4:19 PM By JAY REEVES and KIM CHANDLER
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Retired Army Sgt. Kenneth Paschal, the first Black Republican elected to the Alabama Legislature since Reconstruction, speaks before his swearing in ceremony in Pelham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Paschal said his victory in a heavily white, suburban district shows that the GOP is open to everyone.
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Betty Paschal looks on as her son retired Army Sgt. Kenneth Paschal is sworn in by Judge Lara Alvis as the first Black Republican elected to the Alabama Legislature since Reconstruction on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Pelham, Ala. Paschal said his victory in a heavily white, suburban district shows that the GOP is open to everyone.
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Alabama elects first Black Republican to House in 140 years
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Retired Army Sgt. Kenneth Paschal on Tuesday was elected to fill a legislative seat in suburban Shelby County, becoming the only Black Republican in the Alabama Legislature.
Paschal, 54, won the general election to fill House District 73 which was vacated when Matt Fridy joined the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. He defeated Democratic candidate Sheridan Black. Paschal took about 75% of the 2,700 votes cast, according to unofficial returns posted Tuesday night by the Alabama secretary of state s office.
He will represent the Shelby County district in the heavily Republican suburbs south of Birmingham.
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