Lucy Baxley

**Lucy Mae Bruner Baxley Smith** (an haife ta a watan Disamba 21, 1937 - Oktoba 14, 2016) yar siyasa ce Ba'amurke wacce ta yi aiki daga 2003 zuwa 2007 a matsayin Laftana na 28th na Alabama kuma daga 2008 zuwa 2012 a matsayin shugaban Hukumar Kula da Jama'a ta Alabama .  Ita ce mace ta farko da ta rike ofishin Laftanar Gwamna a jihar.  A cikin 2006, ita ce 'yar takarar Demokraɗiyyar da ba ta yi nasara ba a matsayin gwamna . A cikin 2008, an zaɓi Baxley Shugaban Hukumar Kula da Ayyukan Jama'a na Alabama, kuma shine kaɗai ɗan Democrat da ya ci nasara a duk faɗin jihar a waccan shekarar.  Har sai da Doug Jones ya rantsar da shi bayan ya lashe zabe na musamman na Majalisar Dattijan Amurka a 2017, Baxley ya kasance dan jam'iyyar Democrat na karshe da ya rike mukami a jihar Alabama. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Baxley Lucy Mae Bruner a cikin 1937 kusa da karkarar Pansey, wanda ke kusa da babban birni na Dothan a gundumar Houston a kudu maso gabashin Alabama.  Baxley ya halarci Jami'ar Auburn a Montgomery amma bai kammala karatunsa ba. &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>

== Sana'ar siyasa ==
A cikin 1994, an zaɓi Baxley Ma'aji na Jihar Alabama, wanda a cikinsa ta ci gaba da sabunta ofis, gami da kwamfutoci na farko na ma'aikata. Ta yi aiki don faɗaɗa Shirin Koyarwar Koleji mai araha mai araha.  A cikin 1998, an sake zaɓe Baxley a wannan matsayi. A shekara ta 2002, Baxley ya doke Bill Armistead a zaben a matsayin zababben laftanar gwamna, bayan da ya samu kuri'u fiye da ko wanne dan takarar gwamna a wannan shekarar.  Har ila yau, ta yi aiki a matsayin wakili ga Babban Taron Dimokuradiyya na 1996, wanda ya hadu a [[Chicago]] don sake nadin tikitin [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] - Gore, wanda ya ɓace a Alabama.

A cikin 2005, Baxley ya sanar da shirin tsayawa takarar gwamna a 2006 . Babban abokin hamayyarta a zaben fidda gwani shine tsohon Gwamna Don Siegelman . A babban bangare saboda tuhumar Siegelman na cin hanci da rashawa da cin hanci, ta sami damar tabbatar da muhimman abubuwan amincewa daga taron Democratic na Alabama, New South Coalition, da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Jihar Alabama.   Duk da cewa ta gudanar da yakin neman zabe mai karamin karfi, ta kai ga samun nasara a zaben fidda gwani da aka gudanar a ranar 6 ga watan Yuni da kashi 60 na kuri'un da aka kada.  Baxley ya kasance dan kasa a zaben gama-gari, duk da haka, ya kalubalanci Bob Riley [[Jam'iyyar Republican (Amurka)|na jam'iyyar Republican]] mai ci, yana da maki 30 a wasu rumfunan zabe. Baxley ta ba da shawarar karin mafi karancin albashi na $1 a kowace awa, wanda ya haifar da wasu suka daga abokan hamayyarta.  Riley ta yi fice sosai a cikin kamfen ɗin kuma ta nuna Riley ta sami babban gudunmawa daga masu karɓar tallafin raya masana'antu.   Baxley ta sha kashi a hannun Riley, kashi 58-42. 

Wa'adin Baxley a matsayin Laftanar Gwamna ya ƙare a cikin 2007, kuma ɗan Democrat kuma tsohon Gwamna Jim Folsom, Jr., na Cullman ya gaje ta. Yin dawowar siyasa a cikin 2008, Baxley ya ci Republican Twinkle A. Cavanaugh ya zama shugaban Hukumar Kula da Jama'a ta Alabama . Ta maye gurbin Jim Sullivan mai ritaya. Daga nan Cavanaugh ya doke ta a shekarar 2012 yayin yunkurinta na sake zaben. 

A cikin kowane ta yakin neman ofis, Baxley yi amfani da kafofin watsa labarai dauke da take na wurin hutawa halin da ake ciki [[CBS]] comedy starring [[Lucille ball|Lucille Ball]], ''I Love Lucy .'' 

== Bugawa da farfadowa ==
An shigar da Baxley a asibitin UAB a Birmingham a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba, 2006, [[Bikin Godiya (Thanksgiving)|Ranar Godiya]] . Ta yi rashin lafiya da yammacin Laraba, yayin da ta ziyarci danginta a Birmingham. Likitoci sun ajiye ta don gwaje-gwaje da kuma lura. Wata mai magana da yawun UAB ta sanar da cewa Baxley ya sami [[Bugun jini|rauni]] mai rauni, amma ana sa ran zai murmure sosai. An fitar da wata sanarwa ta hannun danginta da ta bukaci Alabamiya da su sanya Baxley cikin addu'o'insu. Ba a bayar da karin bayani kan halin da take ciki ba a lokacin. 

An sallame ta daga UAB a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba sannan ta koma Cibiyar Gyaran Lakeshore a Birmingham. Ta kasance a can har sai an sake ta a ranar 29 ga Disamba. Ba a tantance musabbabin bugun jini na Baxley ba. Bayan shawarar likitan ta, Baxley ba ta koma Montgomery ba don jagorantar bude majalisar dattawa, aikinta na karshe a matsayinta na gwamna. A cewar Sanata Lowell Barron, dan Democrat daga Fyffe, "Halin da Lucy ke ciki yana da tsanani." Motsa kafarta ta hagu ke da wuya "ta kasa motsa hannun hagu." Bayan fitar ta, an yi mata gyaran fuska a waje.

== Rayuwa ta sirri da mutuwa ==
Baxley ta fara yin aure tana da shekara sha takwas; daga baya, ta auri Bill Baxley, wanda daga 1971 zuwa 1979 shine babban lauyan gwamnati sannan daga 1983 zuwa 1987 Laftanar gwamna. Bill Baxley ya shiga tare da wata mace a cikin al'amuran da aka yi ta yadawa, kuma ma'auratan sun sake aure a 1987. Daga 1996 har zuwa mutuwarta a 2016, Baxley ta auri Jim Smith.

Wani dillali mai lasisi, Baxley ya buɗe aikin gine-gine a yankin Birmingham bayan ya bar ofishin Laftanar gwamna a 2007.  Ta mutu a gidanta a Birmingham, Alabama a ranar 14 ga Oktoba, 2016 tana da shekaru 78. 

== Tarihin zabe ==
**Babban Zaɓe na 2012: Hukumar Kula da Ayyukan Jama'a ta Alabama**

**Babban Zaɓe na 2008: Hukumar Kula da Ayyukan Jama'a ta Alabama**

**Babban Zaben 2006: Gwamna**

**2006 Dimokuradiyya Primary: Gwamna**

**Babban Zaɓe na 2002: Laftanar Gwamna**

**Babban Zaɓe na 1998: Ma'ajin Jiha**

**Babban Zaɓe na 1994: Ma'ajin Jiha**

**1994 Dimokuradiyya Primary: Ma'ajin Jiha**

 = Mai ci

**Karfafa*' = Nasara

*Lura: Duk kuri'un sakamako ne na hukuma daga gidan yanar gizon Sakatariyar Jihar Alabama.'' 

## Duba kuma

* Jerin sunayen laftanar gwamnoni mata a Amurka

## Manazarta