The Republicans in the Alabama House of Representatives met on Thursday to elect their leaders for the next four years.

The caucus retained Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) as Speaker of the House, Micky Hammon (R-Decatur) as House Majority Leader, and Victor Gaston (R-Mobile) as Speaker Pro Tem.

Proud to be sworn in today by Lt. Governor Kay Ivey in the very chamber where we’ve made so much progress over the past four years. I look forward to four more years of bold, conservative reforms and to serving the people of Auburn to the best of my abilities.

- Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard

There was chatter of Jim Carns (R-Birmingham) mounting a charge to unseat Hubbard after the Speaker was indicted on 23 counts of corruption, a week before the election coincidentally. However, any efforts made didn't carry much weight.

Hubbard won the vote 59-8, with two members of the caucus abstaining.

The roles won't be made official until the entire Alabama House of Representatives during organizational sessions in January.

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