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Kay Ellen Ivey (born October 15, 1944) is the 38th Alabama State Treasurer. She is a Republican.

Ivey was born in Camden, Alabama, in 1944. She graduated from Auburn University, and worked in education, banking and government before winning her current post. In 1982, Ivey had run unsuccessfully for State Auditor as a Democrat. She was Director of Government Affairs and Communications for the Alabama Commission on Higher Education from 1985 until 1998.

Ivey took office in 2003, after defeating Stephen Black, the grandson of former United States Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, in the 2002 general election, by a margin of 52-48% In 2006, Ivey was re-elected over Democrat Steve Segrest by a 60-40% margin.

One of Ivey's duties as State Treasurer is administration of the state's Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program. Ivey has made a regular practice of extending deposit deadlines and otherwise improving access to the program. However, Ivey's 2006 opponent, Steve Segrest, criticized Ivey for delaying improvements until just before the 2006 election, and for not taking action regarding actuarial deficits in the tuition program.

In early 2008, Ivey was named a defendant in a lawsuit (by virtue of her position as State Treasurer) filed on behalf of property owners, who claimed that the State inflated property values for ad valorem taxes by improperly excluding foreclosure sales from valuations.

Under the Alabama Constitution, Ivey will not be eligible to seek re-election to a third term in 2010. Ivey's name has surfaced in press speculation about gubernatorial candidates in 2010. There has been a movement started to draft Treasurer Ivey to run for Governor of Alabama in 2010. However, the financial collapse of the Alabama Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Plan (PACT) in 2009 which was under Ivey's general direction has caused many Alabama political observers to doubt that Ivey is a serious contender for Governor.

On June 24, 2009, Ivey officially announced her candidacy for governor at a sparsely-attended press event in Montgomery, further underscoring the belief that she is not a serious candidate.

Ivey criticized Rep. Parker Griffith's party switch. She told political expediency is an insult to the workers who help candidates get elected, and political self-preservation isn't a virtue.

Notes

1. "State Treasurer," The Birmingham News, November 3, 2002, p. 2B
2. "State Treasurer," The Montgomery Advertiser, November 3, 2002, p. A7
3. Certification of General Election Results, 2002
4. Certification of General Election Results, 2006
5. "Prepaid Tuition Deadline Extended," The Montgomery Advertiser, January 1, 2008, p. B1
6. "Stewardship, College Funds Noted," The Montgomery Advertiser, October 6, 2006, p. A7
7. Property Tax Lawsuits Filed Across the State," Mobile Press-Register, January 19, 2008, p. B5
8. Ala. Const., Amend. 282
9. "Hubbard Keeping Options Open for 2010," Opelika-Auburn News, January 18, 2008
10. "Democrats Can’t Start a Fire Without a Sparks," Roll Call, May 15, 2007
11. "Ivey hits Parker Griffith on switch to GOP". WRCB-TV. MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Associated Press. December 24, 2009.

External links

• Kay Ivey for Governor 2010
• Draft Kay Ivey for Alabama Governor
• Kay Ivey Biography at the Alabama Department of Archives and History
• Alabama State Treasury Official Website

• State treasurers of the United States
• Auburn University alumni
• 1944 births
• Living people
• Alabama Republicans
• Women in Alabama politics