Who is Alabama representative, Mo Brooks?
ALABAMA representative, Mo Brooks lost in the 2022 primary elections after six terms in the US Senate.
Brooks was originally backed by former President Donald Trump who rescinded his endorsement in March 2022.
Who is Alabama representative Mo Brooks?
Morris Jackson "Mo" Brooks Jr., 67, has been a House Representative for Alabama's 5th Congressional District since 2010.
He was first elected to public office in 1982 as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and was re-elected in 1983, 1986, and 1990.
He ran for the Madison County Commission in 1996, and won, and was since re-elected to the Commission in 2000, 2004, and 2008.
Congressman Brooks has been re-elected to Congress four times.
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Brooks grew up in the Tennessee Valley where his father was an electrical engineer and his mother taught economics and government at a high school in Huntsville.
Although Brooks ended up in politics, his career almost took a very different turn.
Following in his father's footsteps, Brooks told in 2017, "I was on track to be an engineer.
"All of my aptitude tests said math, science, and engineering is where I should have gone."
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However, in tenth grade, Brooks said he was drawn to politics when he learned about the military draft.
"I discovered there was this thing called a draft," he told the outlet. "And discovered that the government had tremendous power over you, and could forcibly seize you and make you fight a war in Vietnam that the government would not let our soldiers win."
He added, "I decided that if the government has that kind of power, I want to have some kind of influence on that government."
It was then that he decided to attend Duke University where he graduated with a double major in political science and economics and went on to earn his law degree from Alabama Law school.
Why did Mo Brooks lose his bid for the US Senate?
Brooks announced his campaign for Senate in March 2021, saying America's election system is "under attack."
Backed by former President Donald Trump, Brooks backed him by addressing the 2020 election, claiming it was "the worst voter fraud, and election theft, in history."
The claims that the election was rigged and accusations of voter fraud were disproven after the 2020 presidential election results were in.
When announcing his big to run for Senate, Brooks said, "Mo Brooks is a fearless fighter who will not submit to the demands of socialist Democrats, weak-kneed RINOs [Republicans In Name Only], or to the fake news media.
"Please help me take America back to the foundational principles that have combined to make us the greatest nation in world history."
Brooks fought to fill the seat of the Republican senator, Richard Shelby, 86, of Alabama.
Shelby announced in February 2021, that he would not be running for reelection in 2022, and would instead retire after serving 42 years in Congress.
Brooks quickly received an endorsement from Trump which lasted less than a year.
Trump rescinded his endorsement of Brooks in March 2022 and instead turned his allegiance to Katie Britt, a Republican running in the primary elections.
The decision came after Brooks stated at a Trump rally in Alabama that it is time to "move on" from the 2020 election and focus on the future 2022 and 2024 elections.
His comments resulted in tumultuous boos from the watching crowd and Trump promptly responded by switching his endorsement from Brooks to Britt.
"Mo Brooks of Alabama made a horrible mistake recently when he went 'woke' and stated, referring to the 2020 Presidential Election Scam, 'Put that behind you, put that behind you,' despite the fact that the election was rife with fraud and irregularities," Trump said in his statement in March.
Brooks responded by claiming that Trump had made impossible requests if he was elected.
"President Trump asked me to rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, immediately put President Trump back in the White House, and hold a new special election for the presidency," Brooks said in a statement.
"As a lawyer, I've repeatedly advised President Trump that January 6 was the final election contest verdict and neither the U.S. Constitution nor the U.S. Code permits what President Trump asks. Period."
At the time of losing Trump's backing, Brooks was already trailing Britt in the polls, and she clinched the victory as the Republican candidate in the primary election.
In his concession speech on June 21, Brooks said of Britt's win, “We are sending to Washington, D.C. the exact opposite of what we need in the United States Senate.
"But the voters have spoken. They might not have spoken wisely.”
Does Mo Brooks have children?
Brooks and his wife Martha have four children together - Rachel, Jay, Thomas, and Chelsie Brooks.
The pair met while attending Duke University and have been married since 1976.
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Martha is also a graduate of the University of Alabama where she was a math and education major.
He and his wife are the proud grandparents of ten grandchildren.