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National Association of Realtors endorses Katie Britt for U.S. Senate

The National Association of Realtors’ Political Action Committee announced its endorsement of Republican Katie Britt for the U.S. Senate.

Katie Boyd Britt speaks before the Business Council of Alabama.

Ahead of Alabama’s June 21 primary runoff election, the National Association of Realtors’ Political Action Committee announced its endorsement of Republican Katie Britt for the U.S. Senate.

“I’m proud to have the support of Alabama’s Realtors,” said Britt, who is locked in a competitive runoff election with Congressman Mo Brooks. “With just over a week left until the June 21 primary runoff, we continue to travel our state tirelessly to share our Alabama First message, listen to Alabamians, and answer their questions. Our momentum is surging because hardworking families in communities in every corner of Alabama know that I will fight relentlessly for our values and our people in the Senate. Alabama’s future is on the ballot. Together, we’ll preserve the American Dream for our children and our children’s children.”

Britt has announced the respective endorsements of the Home Builders Association of Alabama, the Alabama Farmers Federation’s FarmPAC, the Alabama Retail Association, Manufacture Alabama, the Automobile Dealers Association of Alabama, the Alabama Forestry Association, the Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama, the League of Southeastern Credit Unions, the Alabama Restaurant and Hospitality Association, University of Alabama Crimson Tide legend Siran Stacy, Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, the Alabama Mining Association, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, the Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives, and former President Donald Trump.

The National Association of Realtors was founded in 1908 and is America’s largest trade association with approximately 1.5 million members including NAR’s five commercial real estate institutes and its societies and councils. The Realtors Assoc. are involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries and belong to one or more of some 1,400 local associations or boards, and 54 state and territory associations of the Realtors. The Alabama Association of Realtors is the largest statewide organization of real estate professionals with more than 19,000 members from 24 local boards and 1,200 real estate companies.

Britt is a first-time candidate. She grew up working at several small businesses and has spent the majority of her career in the private sector, including fighting for small and rural businesses as president and CEO of Alabama’s business council and practicing law. She is a native of Coffee County, and her husband, Wesley, is from Cullman County. They now live in Montgomery with their two children, Bennett and Ridgeway.

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