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State Representative Adline Clarke

Adline Clarke serves as State Representative for District 97 in Alabama.

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  • Entered office.

Adline C. Clarke is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing District 97. She is a member of the Democratic Party and assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends on November 4, 2026.

Clarke ran for re-election to the Alabama House of Representatives to represent District 97 and won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Clarke graduated with a B.A in communication arts from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. Her professional experience includes working as a reporter and editor at The Mobile Register, serving as the president of Black Classics Books & Gifts, and working for Mobile Development Enterprises as a communications officer and senior vice president of business and community relations.

In terms of committee assignments, Clarke was assigned to the following committees in 2023-2024:

  • Commerce and Small Business Committee
  • Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee
  • House County and Municipal Government Committee
  • Mobile County Legislation Committee

She had similar assignments in the years 2021-2022 and 2019-2020. At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Clarke served on the following committees:

  • Commerce and Small Business
  • Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
  • County and Municipal Government
  • Mobile County Legislation

Clarke has also sponsored numerous bills during her tenure as a legislator. However, the specific bills she sponsored are not listed here.

In the 2022 elections, Clarke won re-election for Alabama House of Representatives District 97 on November 8, 2022.