Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as of the writing of this column, millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days.

(born November 19 1959) is the U. In the primary he ranked first with 40% of the vote but failed to reach the 50% threshold needed to win outright. According to Federal Election Commission records Bonner spent $650000 on his re-election campaign.

Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner Jr. Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district having served since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.