Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, has been a loyal supporter of expanding gambling and sponsored numerous bills toward that effort in past years.
Sen. Zeb Little, D-Cullman, supported the 2009 major “bingo” bill, saying the state code “does not say no gambling; it says no lotteries.”
Sen. Myron Penn, D-Union Springs, sponsored a bill in 2008 that would have prevented electronic gambling machines in Macon County from ever being confiscated or declared illegal if it had passed.
Sen. Jim Preuitt, R-Talladega, was one of three state senators to change his no vote to a yes vote on gambling in March. Preuitt, who switched to the Republican party in April, formally withdrew from his reelection bid Sept. 1.
Sen. Quinton Ross, D-Montgomery, sponsored legislation in 2009 that called for a constitutional amendment establishing a “bingo monopoly” and iron-clad electronic gambling operations in eight counties and one town around the state.
Sen. Hank Sanders, D-Selma, sponsored a bill in 2009 proposing a compact between the State of Alabama and the Poarch Creek Indians.
Sen. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, sponsored bills in 2008 and 2009 to specifically expand gambling in Greene County.
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