district state_senate religion birth_place profession party preceded term birth_date spouse article_title state
15th alabama united methodist lynchburg , virginia investment banker and insurance specialist , former political consultant republican john amari 1999-2011 22 may 1962 elizabeth steve french -lrb- alabama politician -rrb-
 alabama
steve french -lrb- alabama politician -rrb-

steve french was a republican member of the alabama senate , representing the 15th district from 1999 - 2011 .
he is now an executive with the investment bank sterne agee .
in 2014 he ran for the u.s. house of representatives , he withdrew before the primary run-off election .
french was the congressional district chairman for the 2004 bush/cheney presidential campaign , the organizational chairman for the 2000 george w. bush presidential campaign , the alabama campaign manager for the 1992 bush/quayle presidential campaign , the regional political director for the republican national committee from 1991 to 1992 , and the director for the alabama republican party from 1988 to 1991 .
in 1992 , he founded a political consulting company , which he operated until 1998 .
