Rodney Walker is from Talladega, Alabama. He attended Gadsden State Community College and Auburn University. He also has a private and commercial helicopter pilot license from Wallace State Community College. He is married to Stacie Walker, has one son and two step-sons, and five grandchildren. He is a Southern Baptist.

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Rodney Walker is from Talladega, Alabama. He attended Gadsden State Community College and Auburn University. He lives with his wife, Stacie, their three children, and five grandchildren in Delta, Alabama. 

Rodney is a businessman. He previously worked as a helicopter pilot for former Alabama Governor Bob Riley. 

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Rodney is the president of several businesses including, Patriot Fueling Centers USA Inc., Walker Lands and Cattle, LLC., Hatchett Creek Leasing, Inc., and Wedowee Quarry, Inc. He previously worked as a chief pilot and sniper for the Clay and Randolph County Sheriff Departments. 

Rodney previously ran for Alabama governor in 2018 but did not win.

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Rodney previously ran for Alabama House of Representative in 2010, but did not win. 

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Supports a long-term federal plan to widen roads and bridges and maintain existing federal highways and interstates.

Plans to eliminate the "death tax" on farms and estates.

Supports providing low-interest loans with minimal requirements for young people to start businesses.

Wants to revitalize downtown business districts.

Supports providing more financial assistance programs for small businesses.

Promises to end the sales tax on groceries.

Advocates for lower interest rates to revive the housing market.

- Supports a long-term federal plan to widen roads and bridges and maintain existing federal highways and interstates.
- Plans to eliminate the "death tax" on farms and estates.
- Supports providing low-interest loans with minimal requirements for young people to start businesses.
- Wants to revitalize downtown business districts.
- Supports providing more financial assistance programs for small businesses.
- Promises to end the sales tax on groceries.
- Advocates for lower interest rates to revive the housing market.

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Opposes policies that limit access to guns.

Promise to fight for additional funding for law enforcement.

- Opposes policies that limit access to guns.
- Promise to fight for additional funding for law enforcement.

Public Safety

Promises to work towards eliminating sales tax on groceries and prescription drugs.

Supports removing the sales tax on prescription drugs. 

- Supports removing the sales tax on prescription drugs. 
- Opposes abortion access.

Healthcare

Supports eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and shifting education funding control to state and local authorities.

- Supports eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and shifting education funding control to state and local authorities.

Education

Supports constructing new dams on the Alabama River to generate electricity for new AI data centers in Alabama.

Advocates for the construction of new dams on the Alabama River to generate electricity for new AI data centers in Alabama.

Supports increased natural gas production in Alabama by easing regulations and providing funding, which he believes will boost the economy and create jobs in the oil fields.

Supports increased domestic oil production in Alabama, which has significant oil reserves and contributes to the state's economy, and believes raising crude oil prices to $70 per barrel will encourage American oil companies to drill and produce more, ensuring the use of "American Fuel from American soil."

Advocates for the removal of regulations to increase coal production in the state.

Promises to protect "our water rights on the Tallapoosa and Coosa Rivers as Georgia looks to contain the water and build new dams."

- Advocates for the construction of new dams on the Alabama River to generate electricity for new AI data centers in Alabama.
- Supports increased natural gas production in Alabama by easing regulations and providing funding, which he believes will boost the economy and create jobs in the oil fields.
- Supports increased domestic oil production in Alabama, which has significant oil reserves and contributes to the state's economy, and believes raising crude oil prices to $70 per barrel will encourage American oil companies to drill and produce more, ensuring the use of "American Fuel from American soil."
- Advocates for the removal of regulations to increase coal production in the state.
- Promises to protect "our water rights on the Tallapoosa and Coosa Rivers as Georgia looks to contain the water and build new dams."

Energy & the Environment

Supports the use of visa workers for jobs in the U.S. that are often unfilled, such as agriculture and poultry.

Supports the Land and National Defense Act, to keep foreign countries from buying American farmland.

Promises to reduce undocumented immigration.

- Supports the use of visa workers for jobs in the U.S. that are often unfilled, such as agriculture and poultry.
- Supports the Land and National Defense Act, to keep foreign countries from buying American farmland.
- Promises to reduce undocumented immigration.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Advocates for term limits on members of Congress.

- Advocates for term limits on members of Congress.

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Aims to reduce food costs and combat inflation.

Supports mandating that all products purchased by the government be made in the U.S.

Supports lowering interest rates to revive the housing market.

Plans to advocate for eliminating sales tax on prescription drugs.

Supports putting education back in state and local control.

Promises to protect Alabama's water rights from Georgia's water.

Supports withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.

Supports ending foreign ownership of U.S. land.

Supports term limits for Congress members.

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- U.S. Senators are elected to six-year terms in statewide elections and are paid $174,000 per year.

One of two federal lawmakers representing Alabama in the U.S. Senate.