{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Clay Scofield |image = 4-H Career Chat with Alabama State Senator Clay Scofield.png |office = Majority Leader of the Alabama Senate |term_start = February 2, 2021 |term_end = October 30, 2023 |predecessor = Greg Reed |successor = Steve Livingston |state_senate1 = Alabama |district1 = 9th |term_start1 = November 3, 2010 |term_end1 = October 30, 2023 |predecessor1 = Hinton Mitchem |successor1 = Wes Kitchens |party = Republican |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|6}} |birth_place = Cullman, Alabama, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |education = Auburn University (BS) }} '''Clay Scofield''' is an American politician.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Cameron|title=Meet Senator Clay Scofield, a chicken farmer and a statesman|url=http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/04/meet_senator_clay_scofield_a_c.html|accessdate=March 8, 2017|publisher=AL.com|date=April 18, 2015}}</ref> A Republican, he served as a member of the Alabama State Senate from the 9th District from 2010 to 2023.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bucklin|first1=Olivia|title=True Love Blossoms on Alabama State Floor|url=http://family.auburn.edu/profiles/blogs/true-love-blossoms-on-alabama-state-floor|accessdate=March 8, 2017|publisher=Auburn University|date=February 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309063011/http://family.auburn.edu/profiles/blogs/true-love-blossoms-on-alabama-state-floor|archive-date=March 9, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In May 2019, he voted to make abortion a crime at any stage in a pregnancy, with no exemptions for cases of rape or incest. The bill had no penalty for the mother, just for the doctor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Durkin |first1=Erin |last2=Benwell |first2=Max |title=These 25 white men – all Republicans – just voted to ban abortion in Alabama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/14/alabama-abortion-ban-white-men-republicans |work=The Guardian |date=May 15, 2019}}</ref>
Scofield resigned from the Alabama Senate in October 2023 to become the executive vice president of the Business Council of Alabama.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Taylor |title=District 9 Senator Clay Scofield announces resignation from Alabama Senate |url=https://whnt.com/news/alabama-news/district-9-senator-clay-scofield-announces-resignation-from-alabama-senate/ |work=WHNT |date=October 30, 2023 |access-date=November 2, 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/ISD/ALSenator.aspx?OID_SPONSOR=85885&OID_PERSON=6691 Biography at Alabama Legislature] * [https://www.bamapolitics.com/alabama/alabama-government-officials/profiles/clay-scofield/ Political profile at Bama Politics] * [https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/121565/clay-scofield Vote Smart - Clay Scofield profile]
{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-al-sen}} {{s-bef|before=Greg Reed}} {{s-ttl|title=Majority Leader of the Alabama Senate|years=2021–2023}} {{s-aft|after=Steve Livingston}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scofield, Clay}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Republican Party Alabama state senators Category:21st-century members of the Alabama Legislature
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