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Susan Parker | |
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| 37thAuditor of Alabama | |
| In office January 18, 1999 – January 20, 2003 | |
| Governor | Don Siegelman |
| Preceded by | Pat Duncan |
| Succeeded by | Beth Chapman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-09-30)September 30, 1955 (age 70) Eva, Alabama, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Calhoun Community College Athens State University (BS) University of Alabama (MA,PhD) |
Susan D. Parker (born September 30, 1955) is an AmericanDemocraticpolitician fromAlabama. A resident ofRogersville, Parker was electedAlabama State Auditor in 1998 and served until 2002.[1]
Susan Parker was born on September 30, 1955, inEva, Alabama.[2]
Parker received an AS from Calhoun Community College in 1975[2](a977), a BS from Athens State College and an MA from the University of Alabama in 1977, and a Ph.D., in Higher Education Administration of Higher Education from the University of Alabama in 1985. She completed a program of alternate studies at Memphis Theological Seminary in 2014.
Parker was an Administrator, Calhoun Community College, 1972–1988,[2] Chief Development Officer/Assistant to the President, Athens State College, 1988–1996, and President, Parker Plus Consulting, 1996–1998, Ordained as a minister by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April, 2014, Interim President, Memphis Theological Seminary 2018-2019
Parker was elected asAlabama State Auditor in 1998.[3] She did not seek reelection in 2002, and was succeeded in office by RepublicanBeth Chapman.
In 2002 Parker was the first woman in Alabama to be nominated for aSenate seat when she defeatedJulian L. McPhillips in the Democratic primary.[1] Commentators drew attention to the perceived sexism of McPhillips who questioned whether Parker was fit to consider family issues because she had no children of her own.[4][5] She lost the general election toincumbentRepublican SenatorJeff Sessions, winning 40% of votes against Sessions' 59%. In 2003, Parker campaigned for Amendment 1 to the Alabama Constitution, a referendum which proposed,inter alia, new sources of funding for public education, a measure that was defeated at the polls. .[3][6]
In 2006, Parker defeated former state RepresentativePerry Hooper Jr., of Montgomery for the Place 2 position on theAlabama Public Service Commission. Though Hooper had defeated formerstate SenatorJohn Amari ofTrussville in the Republican primary, he lost to Parker in the general election.[1]
She had been mentioned as a possible candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in the 2010 election, but declined and instead lost her reelection bid for the Public Service Commission to RepublicanTerry L. Dunn.[7]
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| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Auditor of Alabama 1999–2003 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of theAlabama Public Service Commission Seat 2 2007–2011 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Charley Baker | Democratic nominee forState Auditor of Alabama 1998 | Succeeded by Carolyn Gibson |
| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forU.S. Senator fromAlabama (Class 3) 2002 | Succeeded by |
