Dale W. Strong

Biography

Overview

Dale Whitney Strong is a Republican U.S. Representative serving Alabama's 5th congressional district since 2023. Before entering Congress, he served on the Madison County Commission starting in 1996 and was its chairman from 2012 to 2023. His district includes much of North Alabama, including Huntsville. Strong has a background in emergency services, holding an EMT license and having served as a volunteer firefighter, first responder, and 911 dispatcher.

Career

Strong was the first Republican elected chair of Madison County Commission in 2012. During his tenure, he focused on economic development, infrastructure improvements, and increasing federal agency recruitment to the area, including NASA and FBI presence at Redstone Arsenal. He coordinated the county's response to the 2011 Super Outbreak of tornadoes. Before Congress, he worked in public relations and sales. He received the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor in 1989 for tornado response rescue efforts.

Prior political experience

Strong was first elected to the Madison County Commission in 1996 as the youngest elected Republican official in Alabama at that time. In 2012, he won the Republican primary for county commission chairman and ran unopposed in the general election after the incumbent retired. For U.S. House in 2022, Strong won the Republican primary runoff against Casey Wardynski with approximately 63% of the vote and won the general election against Democrat Kathy Warner-Stanton with about 67% of the vote. He was endorsed by former President Donald Trump before the November general election.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

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119th Congress+0.602

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Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 342 scored votes

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Officeholding history

Term	Seat	Term dates	Termination	Predecessor	Successor
2nd	U.S. House AL-5	2025–present	In progress	Dale W. Strong	—
1st	U.S. House AL-5	2023–2025	Term ended	—	Dale W. Strong

Committee assignments

Emergency Management and Technology
HouseChairman· 2025–present
Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability
House· 2025–present
Legislative Branch
House· 2025–present
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
HouseVice Chair· 2025–present
House Committee on Homeland Security
House· 2025–present
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
House· 2025–present
House Committee on Appropriations
House· 2025–present

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

Year	Seat	Result	Vote share	Field
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