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Jim Zeigler
Jim Zeigler is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Alabama. He is the current State Auditor of Alabama.
==Career==
Zeigler served as the president of the Student Government Association at the University of Alabama. He was impeached for misconduct.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search )〕 He won a position on the Alabama Public Service Commission in 1974, at the age of 24. He did not run for reelection in 1978.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Zeigler, Alabama's new auditor, vows 'there is a new sheriff in Montgomery' )〕 He ran for state office unsuccessfully six times, three as a Democrat, and three as a Republican, losing elections for the state Board of Education in 1978, Alabama Supreme Court in 1982, State Treasurer of Alabama in 1986, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals in 1996, Public Service Commission in 1998, and State Auditor of Alabama in 2002. These close losses earned him the nickname "Mr. 49 Percent".〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search )〕 In 2006, Zeigler announced the end of his political activism, as he resigned from the Conservative Christians of Alabama and the League of Christian Voters, two political action committees for which he served as chairman.〔
Zeigler ran for State Auditor in the 2014 election. He defeated Miranda Joseph, the Democratic Party nominee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Zeigler elected Alabama state auditor over Democrat Miranda Joseph )〕 In 2015, Zeigler filed lawsuits against Luther Strange, the Attorney General of Alabama, and Baldwin County, Alabama schools to stop them from spending taxpayer money on political campaigns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Auditor Jim Zeigler files lawsuit against AG's office, Baldwin County Schools: 'It's an Alabama issue' )〕 The suits were dismissed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Judge dismisses lawsuit by state auditor against attorney general, Baldwin County school officials )〕
Following the Charleston church shooting in June 2015, Zeigler advocated that parishioners take their guns to church.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alabama auditor Jim Zeigler has a message for churchgoers: Bring your gun )〕 In September 2015, Zeigler gave a speech to the League of the South, termed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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