Christopher J. England

Christopher John England (born August 19, 1976) is an American politician and the former chair of the Alabama Democratic Party.

England was the first black chairman of either major political party in the history of the state of Alabama.

His father, John H. England Jr., is a former judge of the 6th Circuit Court in Alabama, former Tuscaloosa City Council member, and served as a justice on the Alabama Supreme Court from 1999 to 2000.

[4] In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act with discriminatory congressional districts that disproportionately enfranchised White voters over Black voters.

[5][6] England voted in dissent of the discriminatory districts and condemned the Alabama House of Representatives for letting the "dead bury the living" with the specter of racism, receiving national media attention.