# David Sessions

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = David Sessions.jpg
| name = David Sessions
| state_senate = Alabama
| district     = [35th](/source/Alabama's_35th_Senate_district)
| term_start   = November 7, 2018 
| term_end     = 
| predecessor  = [Bill Hightower](/source/Bill_Hightower)
| successor    = 
| state_house1 = Alabama
| district1 = 105th
| term_start1 = May 24, 2011
| term_end1  = 2018
| preceded1 = [Spencer Collier](/source/Spencer_Collier)
| succeeded1 = [Chip Brown](/source/Chip_Brown)
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [Grand Bay, Alabama](/source/Grand_Bay%2C_Alabama), U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Lisa
| profession = [Farmer](/source/Farmer)
| party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
}}

'''David R. Sessions''' is a [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Alabama Senate](/source/Alabama_Senate) from the [35th district](/source/Alabama's_35th_Senate_district).  He was previously a member of the [Alabama House of Representatives](/source/Alabama_House_of_Representatives) from House District 105, which encompasses the southern portion of [Mobile County, Alabama](/source/Mobile_County%2C_Alabama).<ref>{{cite web|title=Alabama House District Map |url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/house/housemaps2001/house_districts_2001.pdf |publisher=Alabama Legislature |accessdate=August 31, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326185401/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/house/housemaps2001/house_districts_2001.pdf |archivedate=March 26, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

Sessions was elected to office on May 10, 2011, in a special election held to fill the legislative seat left vacant by the appointment of Spencer Collier to the [Alabama Department of Homeland Security](/source/Alabama_Department_of_Homeland_Security).<ref>{{cite news |title=Sessions Thankful That We Survived |url=http://blog.al.com/live/2011/05/sessions_thankful_that_we_surv.html |accessdate=May 17, 2011 |newspaper=Mobile Press}}</ref>

In 2012, Sessions was appointed to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies, and Commissions, the Committee on Education Policy, and the Committee on County and Municipal Government.
For the 2014 legislative session he was named to the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee<ref>{{cite web |title=Speaker Hubbard Announces Committee Appointments for 2014 Legislative Session |url=http://alhousegop.com/2013/11/07/speaker-hubbard-announces-committee-appointments-for-2014-legislative-session/ |website=Alabama House Republicans |accessdate=August 29, 2014}}</ref> and in 2015 became chairman of the committee.

Sessions is a lifelong resident of [Grand Bay, Alabama](/source/Grand_Bay%2C_Alabama), where he operates a farming business with his brother.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-20|title=Rep. David Sessions seeks Alabama state Senate seat|url=https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2017/09/rep_david_sessions_seeks_alaba.html|access-date=2020-06-21|website=al|language=en}}</ref> He is married to the former Lisa M. Driskell.<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Sessions|url=https://ballotpedia.org/David_Sessions|access-date=2020-06-21|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.sessionsfarmmarket.com/ Sessions Farm Market]
* [https://www.bamapolitics.com/alabama/alabama-government-officials/profiles/david-sessions/ Political profile at Bama Politics]
* [https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/129898/david-sessions Vote Smart - David Sessions profile]
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