Volume
1 Issue 3- May 2001
Dr. Joe L. Reed
"...Democratic Party Chief Joe L. Reed... pledged to renew the Democratic Party's status as a dominant force in statewide Alabama politics..."
Alabama Democratic Party leaders and elected officials gathered in Montgomery last month in a unity rally aimed at rejuvenating the party's grassroots support. Led by long-time Democratic Party Chief Joe L. Reed, party loyalists, including Governor Don Siegelman, Senate President Pro Tem Lowell Barron, House Speaker Seth Hammett, pledged to renew the Democratic Party's status as a dominant force in statewide Alabama politics, starting with the 2002 elections. Former North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt was the featured speaker for the April 17, 2001 gathering of Democrats.
Dr. Reed, who was soundly defeated by black voters in his 1999 reelection bid for a Montgomery City Council seat, is a key political strategist for the Democratic Party. Dr. Reed, along with Alabama Education Association Executive Director Dr. Paul Hubbert, enjoys such an influential grip on the Party's Executive Committee that statewide candidates running on the Democratic ticket typically must ingratiate themselves to Reed and Hubbert for the Party's political and financial support. Last summer, it was Dr. Reed, not Governor Siegelman, who headed the Alabama delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
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