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Robert Renfroe "Bob" Riley
Former US Rep for the Third Congressional District and Governor of
Alabama
Robert Renfroe "Bob" Riley (born October 3, 1944) is the
current Governor of Alabama, first elected in 2002, and re-
elected during the 2006 mid-term election.
- Riley was born in Ashland, Alabama, where his family ranched
and farmed for six generations. Riley attended the University of
Alabama, graduating with a degree in business administration.
Riley is married to Patsy Adams Riley, also from Ashland. The
couple have three children and seven grandchildren.
Riley served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1996 to
2003.
The Riley's were proud of their rapport with Karl Rove at the
time that he decided to run for Governor of Alabama. In fact,
Rove is responsible for a gubernatorial make-over. Rove was
the man who stressed to Riley the value of his Reagan-esque
appearance. Riley began to wear $3,000 crocodile boots and be
photographed riding a horse. (Before the make-over, Riley used
to wear hushpuppies and pennyloafers.)[4]
- Riley ran for Governor of Alabama in 2002 and defeated the
Democratic incumbent, Don Siegelman, by the narrowest margin
in Alabama history. A voting machine "malfunction" showed
Siegelman winning the election, but the altered totals of the
votes cast in Baldwin County gave Riley the victory.
In November 2005, Riley was linked to the Jack Abramoff
scandal when his former Congressional press secretary, Michael
Scanlon, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the matter. It further
emerged that, as a Congressman, Riley signed a letter on
behalf of the U.S. Family Network, opposing expansion of casino
gambling in Alabama.[2] The U.S. Family Network was revealed
to be an Abramoff front, funded by the Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians, which operated competing casinos.[1]
- Recently, a congressional hearing on "Allegations of Selective
Prosecution" included testimony in its research that named Rob
Riley, Bob Riley's son, as a co-conspirator in an effort to use the
judiciary to defeat Siegelman. The investigation is on going. [5]
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| photo: ALA GOV Governor Bob Riley Governor Riley ran on an anti-gambling and anti-corruption platform against Siegelman in 2002. Questions are now being raised about his integrity in these areas. <more>. |
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