Three-term state lawmaker and chairman of the Alabama House Judicial Committee Rep. Jim Hill is not running for reelection in 2026. Hill, R-Odenville, told Alabama Daily News a few factors, including his health and wanting to spend more time with family, led to the decision. Hill, 75, noted he’d be 80 at the end of a fourth term. He recently had back surgery. “I don’t have the stamina I used to have,” Hill said. “… I’d like to step down while I still have a little bit left instead of waiting until people say, ‘You should have left about five years ago.’” Hill’s House District 50 covers south and eastern St. Clair County. Hill, a former district and circuit court judge, praised his experience as a state legislator. “Everyone ought to do it, you learn so much,” Hill said. “I’ve bee

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