Mike Bolin
Republican · AL · Jefferson County Commissioner, District 5
Mike Bolin has served on the Jefferson County Commission since 2023. He was an associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 2005 to 2023 and Jefferson County probate judge before that, after 15 years as a Birmingham lawyer.
Where Mike Bolin stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
As economic development committee chair, said county grants to business support groups must be reviewed every year, as the commission funded three of them.
December 19, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Joined Commissioner Joe Knight in a statement backing the Hollywood Boulevard and Deerfoot Parkway road projects as examples of regional cooperation.
February 24, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Was credited by the commission president for his role in landing U.S. Steel's $475 million quenching and threading plant.
June 25, 2026
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Warned with Commissioner Joe Knight that a proposed data center moratorium could stall development at the JeffMet McCalla industrial park.
June 23, 2026
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Seconded the motion to send the sale of the county's Hallmark Farm property, planned as an agriculture center, to a commission vote.
March 18, 2025
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Abstained in a 3-0 committee vote to give county employees a 3% raise and an extra day off in the 2024-25 budget.
September 10, 2024
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Nominated Norman Pless Jr. to chair the county Board of Equalization; the commission approved him unanimously.
June 26, 2024
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Won the special election for Jefferson County Commission District 5 with 59.3% of the vote, defeating developer David Silverstein.
July 18, 2023
Source: alreporter.com
Received the Alabama Farmers Federation's Cultivator Award as he prepared to retire from the Alabama Supreme Court after three six-year terms.
December 5, 2022
Source: alreporter.com
Joined a 5-3 Alabama Supreme Court decision to have a special court drawn from retired judges hear suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore's appeal.
October 24, 2016
Source: alreporter.com
Agreed with dismissing Alabama's same-sex marriage case after the U.S. Supreme Court's Obergefell ruling, writing separately that he disagreed with Obergefell but that it binds Alabama courts.
March 4, 2016
Source: acis.alabama.gov
Wrote the Alabama Supreme Court's opinion overturning a Jacksonville man's conviction for carrying a pistol on another person's property, finding the state law behind the city charge had been unconstitutional.
September 4, 2015
Source: alreporter.com
Wrote the Alabama Supreme Court's opinion in the Alabama Accountability Act appeals, which upheld the 2013 school-choice tax credit law and reversed a lower court ruling that had struck it down (Magee v. Boyd).
March 2, 2015
Source: acis.alabama.gov
Wrote the Alabama Supreme Court's opinion holding that a brand-name drug maker can be sued for fraud over its warnings by a patient hurt by a generic copy of the drug; the court reaffirmed it 6-3 on rehearing (Wyeth v. Weeks).
August 15, 2014
Source: acis.alabama.gov
Past race Mike Bolin ran in:
- Member, Jefferson County Commission District No. 5 · November 3, 2026 · Jefferson County, Alabama · incumbent