He was first elected in 2014, beating incumbent Roger Bedford Jr. Before entering politics, Stutts graduated veterinary school in 1979 and moved to Columbus, Georgia to practice.
He later graduated from the College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama and began to practice obstetrics and gynecology.
[2] Stutts, a Republican, campaigned against incumbent Senator Roger Bedford, a Democrat, on a platform to repeal "Obamacare-style" regulations in Alabama.
[3] In 2015, Stutts introduced a bill to repeal two laws, the first relating to notifying patients of dense breast tissue following a mammogram and the second requiring insurance companies to provide mandatory minimum hospitalization time following a woman giving birth, 48 hours for vaginal delivery and 96 hours for cesarean section.
[5] The attempted appeal of Rose's Law made national news following disclosure that Church had been Stutts' patient at the time of her death.