Robert J. Bentley
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Born | Robert Julian Bentley February 3, 1943 Columbiana, Alabama, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
Education | University of Alabama (BS) University of Alabama at Birmingham (MD) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1969–1975 |
Rank | Captain |
Robert Julian Bentley (born February 3, 1943) is an American former politician and physician who served as the
Born in
Bentley was elected to the
On April 5, 2016, Republican State Representative
Bentley tendered his immediate resignation as Governor of Alabama on April 10, 2017, after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges related to campaign finance law, including chartering the state's helicopter to retrieve his wallet that was only a 30-minute drive away. Bentley allegedly used state resources to facilitate and conceal his extramarital affair.[9] As part of the plea deal, he accepted a lifetime ban from ever seeking public office in Alabama again. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey.[10][11]
Early life, education, and Air Force service
Bentley is a native of Columbiana, Alabama, in Shelby County. His parents, Mattie Boyd (née Vick) and David Harford Bentley, did not complete school past junior high. Bentley's father was a sawmill worker who voted with the Populist Republicans, a splinter branch of the Republican Party formed by people who had been part of the state's defunct populist movement.[12] At one point, Bentley lived in a house with no electricity or running water.[12]
Bentley grew up in Columbiana, where he was a member of Shelby County High School's 1961 state championship debate team, and he became student body president in his senior year of high school.[13]
After graduating from Shelby County High School at the top of his class, Bentley enrolled at the University of Alabama. While at Alabama, Bentley majored in Chemistry and Biology and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in three years.[13]
After graduating from UA, he began his studies at The
Bentley joined the United States Air Force in 1969 as a captain.
Dermatologist career
Following his military service, Bentley began a three-year residency at the University of Alabama in dermatology. He then opened his dermatology practice in Tuscaloosa in 2019.[16] He founded a number of small businesses, the most successful of which is Alabama Dermatology Associates.[citation needed] As President of Alabama Dermatology Associates, Bentley managed the practice's growth into one of the largest dermatology practices in the Southeastern United States.[14] Bentley is a board certified dermatologist, and he served two terms as President of the Alabama Dermatology Society. He has also been named to "Best Doctors in America," selected by his peers.[13] Bentley is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Medical Association of Alabama.
Alabama House of Representatives
Elections
In 1998, Bentley ran for the
In 2002 Bentley was elected to the
Tenure
In the Alabama House of Representatives, Bentley made it a priority to train primary care health care providers and to increase organ donation. He is responsible for two major revisions of Alabama's organ donor laws: one specific to corneas and the other reinforcing the rights of organ donors by making it difficult to challenge their decisions.[14]
Bentley helped establish the Alabama Medical Educational Consortium. His efforts included work on legislation to expand scholarships for medical training. Questions were raised by Sparks camp during the gubernatorial campaign as to whether Bentley's son, while in medical school, benefited from his father's involvement with the consortium.[18]
Bentley is opposed to increasing taxes. He has signed the No New Taxes Pledge by the Americans for Tax Reform.[19]
In April 2010, Bentley's self-drafted Reemployment Act of 2010 won unanimous approval in both houses of the Alabama State Legislature, and was signed by Governor Bob Riley on April 22.[20]
In 2008, Bentley was elected as a Republican Presidential Delegate for
Committee assignments
During his time in Montgomery he served on the Education Appropriations Committee, the Boards and Commissions Committee, the Agriculture and Forestry Committee, and was a member of the Tuscaloosa County Legislative Delegation. He also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Internal Affairs Committee.[22]
Governor of Alabama (2011–2017)
2010 gubernatorial election
In the June 1, 2010 primary race, Bentley surprised political analysts by finishing second ahead of Tim James to reach a runoff election with Bradley Byrne.[23] One of James' supporters, former U.S. Representative Sonny Callahan, endorsed Bentley in the runoff.[24]
In the July 13 run-off election, Bentley defeated Byrne by a 56%-44% margin to claim the Republican nomination for governor, leaning on the Alabama Education Association.[25]
In the general election, Bentley defeated Democrat Ron Sparks, 57.9% to 42.1%.
Bentley has stated he does not approve of gambling in the State of Alabama, but supports a referendum for its citizens to vote on whether to approve its legality.[26]
2014 gubernatorial election
In the general election held on November 4, 2014, Bentley won re-election easily against Democratic candidate Parker Griffith, gathering almost twice the votes of his rival at 63% to 36%. In the process, Bentley won the largest percentage of the vote of any Republican gubernatorial candidate in modern Alabama history.[27]
Two days after he was inaugurated, Bentley told a Baptist church audience that only those who had accepted Jesus Christ as their savior were his brothers and sisters. Bentley apologized for the remarks, saying he would be a "governor of all the people."[28]
Tenure
Bentley's tenure was largely defined by his scandal.[29] Nonetheless, Montgomery Advertiser praised his response to deadly tornadoes that swept through Alabama in Spring 2011. He also advocated for increased funding for pre-K programs, and, in 2015, he played a major role in the removal of Confederate flags from the State Capitol. He also argued with state Republican leaders for a 2% teacher pay raise, and in 2015, he also proposed a $700+ million revenue package consisting of tax increases.[30]
An analysis of Republican governors by Nate Silver of The New York Times in April 2013 ranked Bentley as the 16th most conservative governor in the country.[31]
Political positions
Abortion
Bentley is
Budget and economy
Bentley favors a balanced and conservative budget without federal aid, though it's worth noting that Alabama ranks No. 7 in federal aid per person as of 2022. He pledged to cut taxes 15-45% in 2011 while protecting essential services.[33][32]
Civil rights
In 1998, he called to affirmative action for colleges & state contracts. He does not support gay marriage or civil unions as of 2010. He also voted no on adding sexual orientation to hate crime criteria.[32]
Criminal justice
Bentley supports ending parole for repeat felons. He wants to expand the use of the death penalty and limit appeals. He advocates against defunding the police, instead calling for police budget increases (even to train them in Spanish). He called for the construction of four new state prison facilities.[32]
Donald Trump
He refused to endorse Donald J. Trump in the 2016 presidential campaign.[34]
Drugs
Bentley has called for strengthening penalties for drug-related crimes, but he has expressed support for rehabilitation for non-violent criminals, such as drug offenders. He has pledged to fight opioid addiction and drug use.[32]
Education
He has supported moment-of-silence and teacher spanking laws. He has advocated for more power to local school boards to make decisions.[32]
Environment and energy
He supports off-shore drilling and the oil and gas industries. He believes the primary value of forests is economic and job related. He has stated that Gulf State Park is economically & environmentally sustainable.[32]
Foreign policy
He supported a suit of federal government to reform Refugee Resettlement Act.[32]
Jobs
Bentley refused to accept his gubernatorial salary until the state unemployment level reached 5.2%.
Government reform
He has called for no campaign spending limits and no state funding of candidates.[32]
Gun control
Bentley opposes gun control measures, advocating for the right to purchase, own, carry and use firearms.[32]
Health care
He opposes the Affordable Care Act and has supported loosening the one-size-fits-all approach to Medicaid. He is against Medicaid expansion, even with federal dollars. He argued Alabama should reject the ACA under the 10th amendment.[32]
Immigration
In June 2011, Bentley signed into law Alabama HB 56, an anti-illegal immigration law which was considered to be the toughest of such in the United States.[38][39] On August 20, 2012, the Eleventh Circuit invalidated portions of the law, declaring them to be unconstitutional.[40] The United States Supreme Court later denied certiorari, refusing to review the Eleventh Circuit's decision.[41] On July 22, 2014, Bentley, along with several other Republican governors, sent a letter to President Barack Obama, expressing their concern about the handling of the 2014 border crisis.[42]
Local issues
He called to fix the fatally-dangerous Redmill Bridge, despite obstacles.[32]
Affair
On March 22, 2016, Bentley fired Alabama Law Enforcement Agency secretary Spencer Collier, citing him for misuse of state funds.[43] An independent state audit found no issues with the agency.[44] Following his firing, Collier alleged that Bentley had engaged in an extramarital affair with his senior political adviser, Rebekah Caldwell Mason. Collier stated in a press conference the following day that he had seen sexually-charged texts between Bentley and Mason and heard audio recordings of conversations between the two.[45]
On March 23, AL.com released an audio recording purportedly created by the Bentley family in order to determine whether Gov. Bentley was engaged in an inappropriate relationship. In the recording, Bentley stated to a woman he called "Rebekah" that he "worr[ied] about loving you so much" and that "[w]hen I stand behind you, and I put my arms around you, and I put my hands on your breasts [...] and just pull you real close. I love that, too." At a press conference that day, Bentley apologized for the comments but denied having an affair and stated that his relationship with Mason had not been sexual.[46] Bentley admitted that he had made a mistake by saying "inappropriate things" to Mason, and apologized to Mason and her family and to the people of Alabama.[6]
Ethics violations and impeachment process
Jim Zeigler (R), the State Auditor of Alabama, filed an ethics complaint against Bentley for allegedly using state property in the course of his relationship with Mason.[47] State Representative David Standridge (R) and Alabama Republican Party committee member Terry L. Dunn called on Bentley to resign.[48][49]
On March 30, 2016, Mason resigned, stating she would no longer serve as the governor's senior political adviser, and would no longer be paid by his campaign fund.[50] The same day, Republican State Representative Ed Henry said that he would file a resolution calling for Bentley's impeachment.[51][52] On April 5, 2016, Henry announced that he had filed an impeachment resolution against Bentley.[5] At the time of Henry's announcement, it was reported that the resolution would be referred to the legislature's House Rules Committee for review and further action.[5] In a shocking turn of events, Ed Henry himself was later sentenced to two years of probation by U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins, but for an unrelated case (where he and a Montgomery doctor plotted to defraud Medicare). [1]
At the time the impeachment resolution was filed against Bentley, the Alabama Constitution authorized impeachment proceedings against the governor, but the state legislature had no impeachment procedures in place. On April 26, 2016, the state House of Representatives adopted a rule setting up impeachment procedures; the rule requires the signatures of at least 21 legislators to start impeachment proceedings in the legislature's House Judiciary Committee.
On April 5, 2017, the Ethics Commission found probable cause that Bentley had committed four Class B felonies; the Commission determining in four separate votes that "there was probable cause that Bentley violated one count of state ethics law and three counts of the Fair Campaign Practices Act (state campaign finance law).[8] Two of the votes were decided 4–0, while two others were 3–1.[8]
Bentley sought to block impeachment, arguing in state courts that he was not given
On April 7, the special counsel appointed by the Alabama House of Representatives released a 131-page report on the impeachment inquiry. The report concluded that Bentley had "encouraged an atmosphere of intimidation" as governor. The report also "alleged that the governor's critics had been subjected to coercion, including harassing messages and the threat of criminal prosecution" and "described how Mr. Bentley tried to use a member of his security detail to break up with Ms. Mason on his behalf and how the governor demanded that Ms. Mason be allowed to travel in official vehicles after she left the state's payroll."[57][58]
Resignation and guilty plea
On April 10, 2017, the same day that the state legislature began impeachment proceedings
Bentley was the fourth Alabama governor to resign from office.[11] He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey, who was sworn into office the day Bentley resigned.[11]
Personal life
Bentley and his former wife Dianne have four sons, six granddaughters, and a grandson. He was an active member of First
As governor, he served on the board of trustees for the colleges and universities of Alabama. He is also on the board of trustees of the Alabama Medical Education Consortium, which he helped to found.[14] Bentley was the 2009 recipient of the Christian Coalition of Alabama's Statesmanship Award.[64]
In August 2015, Dianne Bentley filed to divorce Bentley, saying there had been an "irretrievable breakdown" in their marriage and that further attempts at reconciliation were impossible.[65] Records of the divorce case were sealed, per a ruling on August 31, 2015, by County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Hamner.[66] Governor Bentley had appointed Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Hamner to the bench and her current position in 2011.[67] The divorce was finalized on September 29, 2015.[68]
Electoral history
Alabama House of Representative 63rd district election, 2002 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Robert Bentley | 8,615 | 63.63 | |
Democratic | Jeanette VanderMeer | 4,909 | 36.26 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 15 | 0.11 |
Alabama House of Representatives 63rd district election, 2006 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Robert Bentley (inc.) | 9,061 | 97.72 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 211 | 2.28 |
Alabama gubernatorial Republican primary election, 2010 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Bradley Byrne | 137,451 | 27.89 | |
Republican | Robert Bentley | 123,958 | 25.15 | |
Republican | Tim James | 123,792 | 25.12 | |
Republican | Roy Moore | 95,163 | 19.31 | |
Republican | Bill Johnson | 8,362 | 1.70 | |
Republican | Charles Taylor | 2,622 | 0.53 | |
Republican | James Potts | 1,549 | 0.31 |
Alabama gubernatorial Republican primary runoff election, 2010 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Robert Bentley | 261,233 | 56.09 | |
Republican | Bradley Byrne | 204,503 | 43.91 |
Alabama gubernatorial election, 2010 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Robert Bentley | 860,472 | 57.58 | |
Democratic | Ron Sparks | 625,710 | 41.87 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 8,091 | 0.54 |
Alabama gubernatorial Republican primary election, 2014 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Robert Bentley (inc.) | 388,247 | 89.35 | |
Republican | Stacey Lee George | 25,134 | 5.78 | |
Republican | Bob Starkey | 21,144 | 4.87 |
Alabama gubernatorial election, 2014 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Robert Bentley (inc.) | 750,231 | 63.56 | |
Democratic | Parker Griffith | 427,787 | 36.24 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 2,395 | 0.20 |
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External links
- Robert Bentley at Curlie
- Blinder, Alan, "Alabama Governor’s Use of Oil Spill Funds for Mansion Draws Criticism", New York Times, January 11, 2016.
- Appearances on C-SPAN