Shay Shelnutt
{{Short description|American politician}}
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| state_senate = Alabama
| district = 17th
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| term_start = November 5, 2014
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| predecessor = Scott Beason
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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1967|9|21}}
| birth_place =Birmingham, Alabama
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| party = Republican
| spouse = Paige
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| website = [http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/ISD/ALSenator.aspx?OID_SPONSOR=85893&OID_PERSON=7690 Senate website]
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Shay Shelnutt (born September 21, 1967) is an American politician and current member of the Alabama State Senate, representing the 17th District.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/ISD/ALSenator.aspx?OID_SPONSOR=85893&OID_PERSON=7690|title=Senator Shelnutt, Shay|last=Shelnutt|first=Shay|website=The Alabama Legislature}}
Alabama Senate
= 2014 election =
On February 3, 2014, Shelnutt announced that he would be running for the District 17 seat in the Alabama State Senate, which would be vacated by Scott Beason.{{Cite news|url=http://www.trussvilletribune.com/2014/02/03/shay-shelnutt-annouces-run-for-state-senate-seat/|title=Shay Shelnutt announces run for state Senate seat|last=Buttram|first=Scott|date=3 February 2014|work=Trussville Tribune|access-date=28 November 2017}}
Shelnutt would go on to win the run-off election for the Republican primary on July 16.{{Cite news|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/alabama_primary_runoffs_result.html#incart_graystrip|title=Alabama primary runoffs: Live results from select statewide races|date=16 July 2014|work=Alabama|access-date=28 November 2017}}
In May 2019, he voted to make abortion a crime at any stage in a pregnancy, with no exemptions for cases of rape or incest.{{cite news |last1=Durkin |first1=Erin |last2=Benwell |first2=Max |title=These 25 white men – all Republicans – just voted to ban abortion in Alabama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/14/alabama-abortion-ban-white-men-republicans |work=The Guardian |date=15 May 2019}}
Personal
Shelnutt competed on an episode of Family Feud that originally aired October 12, 2015.{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Bethany |title=Catch Trussville natives on re-run of Family Feud |url=https://www.trussvilletribune.com/2016/06/07/catch-trussville-natives-re-run-family-feud/ |work=Trussville Tribune |date=7 June 2016}}
References
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Category:Republican Party Alabama state senators
Category:Politicians from Birmingham, Alabama
Category:21st-century members of the Alabama Legislature
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