“The Singing Senator” Calls It Quits

Alabama Muscle Shoals Eight-term Alabama Senator Bobby Denton has decided not to run for re-election next year.
by Associated Press
Published: Sat, May 02, 2009 - 2:12 pm CST Last Updated: Sat, May 02, 2009 - 2:19 pm CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's longest continually serving
state senator, Democrat Bobby Denton of Muscle Shoals, has decided
not to seek re-election next year.
The eight-term senator announced his decision to retire Saturday
in Cherokee, where he grew up.
The 70-year-old senator says a series of operations he had last
year played a role in his decision. He says he also wants to spend
more time with his family, including his first great-grandchild.
The Senate gave Denton the title of "dean of the Senate" in
2003 because of his long service.
He also has other unofficial titles. He's called the "singing
senator" because he sang some of the earliest hit records made in
Muscle Shoals. He's also known as the "Maalox of the Senate"
because he tries to soothe the Senate when tempers get short.
http://www.legislature.state.al.us
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