Lowell Ray Barron is a former Democratic politician, businessman who was a member of the Alabama Senate, and represented the 8th District from 1982 to 2010.
Subsequently, he waged the state's first and only successful write-in campaign for the Alabama Legislature and won the Democratic nomination.
After the 2006 elections, Barron did not run for Pro Tem but instead was appointed Chair of the powerful Senate Rules Committee.
On April 23, 2013, Barron was indicted in DeKalb County Circuit Court on charges of campaign finance law violations.
After taking office in January 2011, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange convened seven grand juries in Jackson County and DeKalb County before obtaining an indictment against Barron by the seventh grand jury in April 2013 on two counts of ethics violations and four counts of Fair Campaign Practices Act violations.
Subsequently, the Attorney General's office filed a motion in DeKalb County Circuit Court in August 2014 to dismiss all charges against Barron.