Talk:Andrew Sorrell

A fact from Andrew Sorrell appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Andrew Sorrell, State Auditor of Alabama, initially ran for election to the Alabama House of Representatives when his father declined to run for the seat?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Valereee (talk) 20:12, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorrell in 2019

... that during his tenure in the Alabama Legislature, State Auditor of Alabama Andrew Sorrell was named one of the "most conservative" state legislators in the United States? Source: https://www.al.com/news/2022/12/alabama-legislature-ranked-most-conservative-in-the-nation-study-says.html - "Outgoing Rep. Andrew Sorrell (R-Muscle Shoals), who will become state auditor in January, reportedly voted conservative on 100% of the bills tracked by the organization in 2021 -- making him listed as one of the most conservative lawmakers in the country."
- ALT1: ... that State Auditor of Alabama Andrew Sorrell initially ran for election to the Alabama House of Representatives when his father declined to run for the same seat? Source: https://1819news.com/news/item/auditor-candidate-rep-andrew-sorrell-addresses-republicans-in-double-springs-11-09-2021 - "When Sorrell’s father would not run for that office, he ran himself and raised $180,000."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Reclassification (education)

5x expanded by Kafoxe (talk). Self-nominated at 17:14, 11 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Andrew Sorrell; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Kafoxe: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:45, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]