Mobile
lawyer Herndon Inge III was a last-minute replacement candidate for the
state Board of Education, accepting an appointment to be the Democratic nominee
in May when Cecil Gardner dropped out.
Inge,
62, faces Republican Tracy Roberts, who has served on the Baldwin County
school board since 2004.
Inge
believes in trying harder to get the job done and win. “I think it’s like Avis
rental car. We’re No. 2 and we try harder,” he said. “I’m going to outwork the
imbalance that the Legislature created. I’m going to outthink it.”
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| Democrat Herdon Inge |
Inge
said he is highly qualified for the position — a proven leader capable of
making serious decisions facing southwest Alabama schools. Ingle has been married
for 32 years with adult children; he has been practicing family law for 37
years.
Herndon
Inge is calling for a more active role by state school board members in
participating in legislative debates over school budgets and other issues
affecting education.
“They’ve
got to go to the Legislature and lobby. They don’t like to lobby,” he said.
Herndon
Inge is well known in the community and having served with many organizations
and boards. Inge is past chairman of the Family Law Section of the Alabama
State Bar Association and has been fellow of the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers.
Inge
was selected as outstanding young man of America in both 1978 and 1980, and was
included in the Best Lawyers in America in 2010, 2011 and 2012. He was lawyer
of the year in family law in Mobile in 2012, and was selected as Mobile’s arts
patron of the year in 2011.
Inge
will face Tracy Roberts a Republican from Baldwin County in November. Whoever
wins this seat, will serve a four year term.
