After the recent departure of former Secretary of State Beth Chapman, a new Secretary of State is sworn into the position in Alabama.  However, the new Secretary is Jim Bennett, not a newcomer to the position.  

In a ceremony today with Governor Robert Bentley, Jim Bennett was sworn in as Alabama’s 52nd Secretary of State. Bennett, who previously held the post from 1993 to 2003, was already the longest continuously serving Secretaries of State in recent history and is among the longest serving secretaries of state in Alabama history.