Young Jacob Boozer III is an American banker and the Alabama State Treasurer. Boozer defeated Democrat Charles Grimsley for the seat vacated by Kay Ivey

Kay Ivey

Kay Ellen Ivey is a Republican politician and formerly served as the 38th Alabama State Treasurer. Ivey is the 30th and current Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, since January 2011.-Early life, education, and early political career:...

, who was unable to run again for the office due to term limits. In the Republican primary, Boozer beat George Wallace, Jr.

George Wallace, Jr.

George Corley Wallace, III is an American politician from Alabama.-Personal life:...

 by 30 points. Born in Birmingham, and raised in Tuscaloosa, where he graduated from Tuscaloosa High School. He has lived in Montgomery for the last 25 years. Boozer received a BA in Economics from Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 in 1971, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...

 in 1973. He is an Eagle Scout

Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)

Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America . A Scout who attains this rank is called an Eagle Scout or Eagle. Since its introduction in 1911, the Eagle Scout rank has been earned by more than 2 million young men...

, and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award is a distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America . It is awarded to an Eagle Scout for distinguished service in his profession and to his community for a period of at least 25 years after attaining the level of Eagle Scout...

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Name

Boozer's name has been the topic of jokes during the campaign. Acknowledging these jokes, Boozer's campaign website has a section devoted to his name that begins, "Yes, Young Boozer is my real name." Boozer began his "Stump Speech" campaign ad with the line "I'm Young Boozer, and yes, that's my real name"; the ad closed with Boozer stating, "Young Boozer: funny name, serious leadership."