Mike Hubbard (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American politician
Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1962
Place of Birth: Hartwell, Georgia, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Mike Hubbard (politician)
- Mike Hubbard (born February 11, 1962) is an American former state politician who was a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing the 79th district in Lee County.
- He was first elected in 1998 and previously served as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives.
- Before that, he was House Minority Leader six years (2004–10) and was twice chairman of the Alabama Republican Party (2007–11).
- Mike Hubbard is the owner of the Auburn based radio stations WANI, WGZZ, W-LEE, and ESPN 106.7.
- In addition to the radio stations Mike Hubbard also holds a TV station construction permit and a fifth radio station construction permit.
- Mike Hubbard has stated that he does not take an income from his radio stations and has moved ownership from his name to his wife's name Susan Hubbard to protect his investment.
- Mike Hubbard has admitted that he paid his staff members a total of $30,000.00 dollars each if they could convince voters to help turn the state red which he and his staff members accomplished. As the Alabama GOP chairman, Hubbard created and headed the most comprehensive fundraising and coordinated campaign plan in the party's history.
- The effort raised over $5 million and, in the November 2010 general election, resulted in Republicans winning every statewide office, picking up a Congressional seat and taking majorities in both Houses of the Alabama Legislature for the first time in the 136 years since the end of the Reconstruction Era. In 2016, Hubbard was sentenced to four years in prison for felony violations of state ethics laws.
- Per state law, he was removed as a member of the House.
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