Mo Brooks

The Alabama public has voted to elect Republican Congressman Mo Brooks to public office 14 times.  As such, Mo Brooks has successfully helped carry the GOP banner in general elections more than any other current Alabama office-holder.  The public has elected Mo Brooks five times as a state legislator, four times as a Madison County Commissioner, and six times as a U.S. Congressman.

Mo Brooks was first elected to public office as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1982.  At the time, Mo Brooks was one of only 11 Republican legislators (out of 140 total) and the only elected Republican legislator north of Birmingham.

In 2010, Mo Brooks unseated an incumbent Congressman to become the first Republican elected to Congress in Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District in more than 130 years.  Mo Brooks has been re-elected to Congress four times, every time with a reelection vote exceeding 60%.

Congressman Mo Brooks serves on two influential House committees: Armed Services and Science, Space, and Technology. Congressman Brooks also serves on three important House subcommittees: the Strategic Forces and Readiness subcommittees on Armed Services and the Space subcommittee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Now in his 6th term, Congressman Brooks’ seniority has improved to #8 out of 26 Republicans on Armed Services and #2 out of 15 Republicans on Science, Space, and Technology.