From staff reports
MONTGOMERY — Bill Armistead, chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, said Monday he won’t seek another term.
A former state senator, Armistead said his time in the position is “one of the greatest honors of my life.” He will remain on the State Executive Committee.
“Serving as Chairman of the Party during our transition from the minority party to the majority party has presented its challenges, as I knew it would,” Armistead said. “However, the gratification of leading the Party to even greater heights during these past four years has more than compensated for any internal growing pains we have experienced.”
Armistead was first elected in 2011 and then again in 2013. Armistead is now setting his sights on helping to get a Republican elected as president of the United States in 2016.
“My greatest concern at this time is for the future of our country,” he said. “Therefore, the most important task ahead of us is to ensure a strong constitutional conservative wins the Republican nomination for president in 2016. I will, therefore, be committing my energy, time and efforts in the coming days, weeks and months to seeing that this becomes a reality.”