Vivian Figures

A strong advocate for children, families, education and health issues, service is the driving force behind Senator Vivian Davis Figures. In 1993, she ran for the Mobile City Council to be a voice for the voiceless. Due to the untimely death of her husband, Senator Michael A. Figures, she was later elected in a 1997 Special Election with an 87% victory to the Alabama State Senate to serve the remainder of his term. She was re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. Her election in 1997 made her the first African-American woman to be elected to the Senate from Mobile County and the second one in the state of Alabama. In 2008, Senator Figures became the first African American woman in Alabama to become the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, and she made history when she was elected by her Democratic Senate colleagues to serve as Minority Leader in 2013, making her the first woman elected to leadership in either the Senate or the House. Her 22 years of service in the Senate now makes her the longest serving female in the Alabama State Senate. Senator Figures serves on many Senate standing committees including Finance and Taxation, Education; Rules; Judiciary; Education…