{{short description|American politician}}
'''David Burkette''' is an American politician who represented Alabama's 26th Senate district in the Alabama Senate as a Democrat from 2018 to 2020. He resigned in 2020 after being convicted of misdemeanor campaign violation charges, he was succeeded in a special election by Kirk Hatcher.
==Career== Burkette previously served as a member of the Montgomery City Council. He is also a retired educator.<ref name="mont-adv-finally" />
In 2017, Burkette filed to run for the Senate seat vacated by Quinton Ross, who resigned to become president of Alabama State University. Burkette won the special election after winning the Democratic nomination. He ran again in the general election, winning re-election.<ref name="mont-adv-finally">{{cite news |last1=Lyman |first1=Brian |title=David Burkette enters Alabama Senate — after six elections and a stroke |url=https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/03/05/david-burkette-enters-alabama-senate-after-six-elections-and-stroke/3068931002/ |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=Montgomery Advertiser |date=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
Burkette resigned from the Senate on September 1, 2020, facing investigations over campaign finance violations relating to two non profits who could not document the use of part of their funding.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyman |first1=Brian |title=Montgomery's David Burkette resigns from Alabama Senate |url=https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2020/09/01/sen-david-burkette-resigns/5685784002/ |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=Montgomery Advertiser |date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> On September 3, he was charged with depositing $3,625 in campaign contributions into his personal account while running for Montgomery City Council in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyman |first1=Brian |title=Former Sen. David Burkette charged with campaign finance violation |url=https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2020/09/03/former-sen-david-burkette-charged-campaign-finance-violation/5709304002/ |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=Montgomery Advertiser |date=September 3, 2020}}</ref>
In 2020 he guilty to a misdemeanor campaign violations of less than $4,000 and in a sealed plea agreement, resigned his office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://altoday.com/archives/36590-former-state-rep-david-burkette-to-plead-guilty|title = Former State Senator David Burkette to plead guilty|date = 16 September 2020}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change| title= 2018 Alabama Senate 26th district special election<ref>{{cite web |title=Canvass of Results - Alabama Senate, District 26 for the Special General Election May 15, 2018 |url=https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/election-2018/SD26-Certified_Election_Results-2018-05-30.pdf |publisher=Alabama Secretary of State |access-date=8 September 2021 |date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = David Burkette |votes = 3,876 |percentage = 89.3% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = D.J. Johnson |votes = 450 |percentage = 10.4% }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change |votes = 14 |percentage = 0.3% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 4,340 |percentage = 100% }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing |winner = Democratic Party (United States) |loser = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |title = 2018 Alabama Senate 26th district election<ref>{{cite web |title=Canvass of Results - General Election November 6, 2018|url=https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/voter-pdfs/2018/2018-Official-General-Election-Results-Certified-2018-11-27.pdf |publisher=Alabama Secretary of State |access-date=8 September 2021 |date=November 27, 2018 |page=37}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = David Burkette (incumbent) | votes = 31,973 | percentage = 80.171% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = D.J. Johnson | votes = 7,863 | percentage = 19.716% }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 45 | percentage = 0.113% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 39,881 | percentage = 100.0% }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Alabama Democratic Party }} {{Election box end}}
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