Congressman Al Lawson has devoted more than half of his life to service. As a public servant, he begins each morning with a prayer, and a firm promise “to do the people’s work.”

Re-elected to office in November 2018, he is currently serving his second term in the United States House of Representatives. A graduate of Florida A&M University and Florida State University, he served 28 years in the state legislature as a member of the Florida House of Representative and the Florida Senate.

There, he was a champion for state employees and all working people in North Florida. He fought for pay raises, benefits for state workers and vigorously strived to improve the quality of life for children and the elderly. He received national recognition for his role in passing the Rosewood Legislation, which provided remunerations to survivors of the Rosewood massacre in the 1930s.

In Congress, he represents Florida’s fifth congressional district, which covers all or parts of eight North Florida counties spanning from Gadsden in the west to Duval in the east. The congressman currently serves on the House Financial Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee. Last year, he was named “One of the Most Active Freshmen” by Quorum Analytics, for his work in Congress.

Rep. Lawson has led and signed on to several pieces of legislation that call for commonsense gun reform, affordable health care for all citizens, college affordability for students, access to funding for small businesses and entrepreneurs, access to mental health services for our nation’s veterans, equal pay, and the eradication of hunger.

As a native of Midway, Fla., Lawson is a small business owner. He married his college sweetheart, Delores Brooks, and they have two adult children, Alfred III and Shani. He is also the proud grandfather of four, Kobe, Samuel and Cameron Lawson, and Harlem Wilson.