Yolanda Flowers is from Birmingham, Alabama. She has an associate's degree in speech therapy, a bachelor's degree in audiology, and a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Tennessee. She has three children, twelve grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She is a member of the NAACP and serves as a youth director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

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Yolanda Rochelle Flowers lives in Birmingham, Alabama. She earned associate's degree in speech therapy, bachelor's degree in audiology, and a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Tennessee of Knoxville. She volunteers with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She has three children, twelve grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. 

Yolanda is a speech therapist at Miracle Academy. She previously worked as a reading instructor for the Blount County school system, a speech and language pathologist assistant for the Blount County and Alcoa City school systems, and a vocational rehabilitation counselor for the state of Tennessee. 

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Yolanda currently works speech therapist at Miracle Academy and an herbalist at Flowers' Teapot Herbal Teas. She previously worked as a speech language pathologist assistant for the Blount County Schools System and the Alcoa City Schools System, as a vocational rehabilitation counselor with the Division of Rehabilitation Services for the State of Tennessee, and a substitute teacher with the Birmingham City School System. 

Yolanda previously ran for governor in 2022 but did not win. 

Yolanda previously ran for governor of the State of Alabama in 2022, but did not win. 

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Plans to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

Promises to "fight for funding and an economy that works for everyone."

- Plans to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
- Promises to "fight for funding and an economy that works for everyone."

Economy

Plans to address the "unequal" criminal justice system in Alabama by reducing the number of prisoners through litigation, advocacy, and equity.

Believes the solution to crime is not just building more prisons.

- Plans to address the "unequal" criminal justice system in Alabama by reducing the number of prisoners through litigation, advocacy, and equity.
- Believes the solution to crime is not just building more prisons.

Public Safety

Wants to implement the "Reconstructed Healthcare Plan Options" to help poor working-class citizens, the elderly, and small businesses obtain necessary healthcare services.

- Wants to implement the "Reconstructed Healthcare Plan Options" to help poor working-class citizens, the elderly, and small businesses obtain necessary healthcare services.
- Supports expanding Medicaid.

Healthcare

Supports providing well-balanced meals in schools and ensuring adequate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to meet children's nutritional needs.

Proposes that teachers make several home visits throughout the year and schedule school visits for parents.

Believes safety is a major concern for students and parents, and supports having in-house School Resource Officer (SRO) precincts that are regularly monitored, surveilled, and patrolled.

Supports mandatory psychological evaluations for teachers to identify biases and ensure suitability for the profession.

Wants to ensure schools have clean running water, a good air filtration system, and smoke detectors.

Said, "The fear of facing the truth about our history as a nation...has caused those to coward and dumb down the country’s history. This could and would be a gut cause of why many Black children have low test scores... Just constantly learning about one ethnic group of people and their accomplishments to the world is backwards, a lie, and inequitable. All children grow when truth is given and not denied."

Supports funding schools for children with special needs.

- Supports providing well-balanced meals in schools and ensuring adequate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to meet children's nutritional needs.
- Proposes that teachers make several home visits throughout the year and schedule school visits for parents.
- Believes safety is a major concern for students and parents, and supports having in-house School Resource Officer (SRO) precincts that are regularly monitored, surveilled, and patrolled.
- Supports mandatory psychological evaluations for teachers to identify biases and ensure suitability for the profession.
- Wants to ensure schools have clean running water, a good air filtration system, and smoke detectors.
- Said, "The fear of facing the truth about our history as a nation...has caused those to coward and dumb down the country’s history. This could and would be a gut cause of why many Black children have low test scores... Just constantly learning about one ethnic group of people and their accomplishments to the world is backwards, a lie, and inequitable. All children grow when truth is given and not denied."
- Supports funding schools for children with special needs.

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As of March 27, 2026, Yolanda Rochelle Flowers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- The governor of Alabama is the chief executive of the state and is responsible for enforcing state laws and overseeing the executive branch of government.

- The governor manages state government operations by directing agencies and departments that handle areas such as public safety, healthcare, education, and transportation.

- The governor serves as the state’s chief budget officer and proposes a state budget, which determines how public funds are allocated across programs and services.

- The governor signs or vetoes bills passed by the state legislature. A veto can be overridden by the legislature, but this process allows the governor to influence which laws take effect.

- The governor appoints officials to lead state agencies and fill vacancies in certain public offices, shaping how policies are carried out across the state.

- The governor serves as commander-in-chief of the state’s military forces, including the Alabama National Guard, and can respond to emergencies such as natural disasters.

- In Alabama, the governor is elected in a statewide, partisan election to a four-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms.

- Candidates must be at least 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least ten years, and a resident of Alabama for at least seven years.