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Chris Beeker

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Greene County Commission

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Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2

Years in office: 2015 - 2024

Successor:Chris Beeker, III (R)

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of West Alabama

Personal

Religion

United Methodist

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Chris Beeker (Republican Party) (also known as Chip) was a member of theAlabama Public Service Commission, representingPlace 2. He assumed office on January 1, 2015. He left office on September 24, 2024.

Beeker (Republican Party) ran for re-election to theAlabama Public Service Commission to representPlace 2. He won in the general election onNovember 8, 2022.

Beeker ran unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Beeker was alsoa district-level delegate to the2016 Republican National Convention fromAlabama. Beeker was one of 36 delegates from Alabama bound by state party rules to supportDonald Trump at the convention.^[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.

Biography

Beeker earned a bachelor's degree in commerce and business administration from the University of West Alabama.^[2] He is the owner and operator of Beeker Catfish and Cattle Farms. Beeker served as a Greene County Commissioner from 1986 to 2006.^[3]

Political career

Alabama Public Service Commission (2015-2024)

Beeker first won election to the commission onNovember 4, 2014. He succeededTerry Dunn (R), who he defeated during the June 3, 2014, primary.

Elections

2022

See also: Alabama Public Service Commission election, 2022

General election

General election for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2

IncumbentChris Beeker defeatedLaura Lane in the general election for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Beeker (R)	83.2	931,354
		Laura Lane (L)	16.1	179,883
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	8,624

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,119,861
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2

IncumbentChris Beeker defeatedRobert McCollum in the Republican primary runoff for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2 on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Beeker	63.2	215,377
		Robert McCollum	36.8	125,178

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 340,555
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2

IncumbentChris Beeker andRobert McCollum advanced to a runoff. They defeatedRobin Litaker in the Republican primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Beeker	43.1	208,175
✔		Robert McCollum	35.9	173,004
		Robin Litaker	21.0	101,347

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 482,526
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2018

See also:Alabama Public Service Commission election, 2018

General election

General election for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2

IncumbentChris Beeker defeatedKari Powell in the general election for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Beeker (R)	60.1	1,006,713
		Kari Powell (D)	39.9	668,620
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,029

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,676,362 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2

Kari Powell advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Kari Powell

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2

IncumbentChris Beeker defeatedRobin Litaker in the Republican primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Beeker	68.7	281,753
		Robin Litaker	31.3	128,587

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 410,340
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2014

See also:Alabama down ballot state executive elections, 2014

Beeker ran forelection to theAlabama Public Service Commission.^[4] Chip Beeker won the general election on November 4, 2014, without opposition.

Beeker sought theRepublican nomination in the June 3 primary, and defeatedTerry Dunn in the runoff election on July 15, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

Runoff

Alabama Public Service Commissioner (Place 2), Republican Primary Runoff, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Chip Beeker	59.3%	119,122
Terry DunnIncumbent	40.7%	81,626
Total Votes		200,748
Election results viaALGOP.org.

Primary

Alabama Public Service Commission, Position 2, Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Chip Beeker	39%	133,606
Terry DunnIncumbent	32.5%	111,404
Jonathan Barbee	15.9%	54,341
Phillip Brown	12.6%	43,097
Total Votes		342,448
Election results viaAlabama Secretary of State.

Campaign themes

2022

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Delegate rules

See also:RNC delegate guidelines from Alabama, 2016 andRepublican delegates from Alabama, 2016

At-large and congressional district delegates from Alabama to the2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in thestate primary election. 2016 Alabama GOP bylaws required delegates to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they pledged an oath on their qualifying formfor all ballots—unless that candidate released them to vote for another candidate or two-thirds of the delegates pledged to a particular candidate voted to release themselves.

Alabama primary results

See also:Presidential election in Alabama, 2016

Alabama Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Donald Trump	43.4%	373,721	36
Ted Cruz	21.1%	181,479	13
Marco Rubio	18.7%	160,606	1
Ben Carson	10.2%	88,094	0
John Kasich	4.4%	38,119	0
Jeb Bush	0.5%	3,974	0
Chris Christie	0.1%	858	0
Carly Fiorina	0.1%	544	0
Lindsey Graham	0%	253	0
Mike Huckabee	0.3%	2,539	0
Rand Paul	0.2%	1,895	0
Rick Santorum	0.1%	617	0
Other	0.9%	7,953	0
Totals		860,652	50
Source:AlabamaVotes.gov

Delegate allocation

See also:Republican National Convention, 2016 and2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

Alabama had 50 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). Alabama's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a congressional district in order to have received any of that district's delegates. The highest vote-getter in a district was allocated two of the district's three delegates; the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If no candidate won at least 20 percent of the vote, then the 20 percent threshold was discarded. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all three of that district's delegates.^[5][6]

Of the remaining 29 delegates, 26 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate must have won 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to have received a share of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she was allocated all of Alabama's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.^[5][6]

Personal

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Beeker and his wife, Teresa Inge Beeker, have three children and nine grandchildren. Beeker attends the First Presbyterian Church of Eutaw.^[2]

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