Robert Stewart

Robert Stewart is an American politician and accountant serving the 23rd district in the Alabama Senate, which includes Butler County, Clarke County, Conecuh County, Dallas County, Lowndes County, Monroe County, Perry County, and Wilcox County. He won the seat running against Hank Sanders in the 2022 election.

Stewart won an academic scholarship to Tuskegee University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in science in accounting in May 2012. He then got a master's degree in July 2016 from Kennesaw State University. He is serving as a board member of All Abroad Inc., Steward Board of Shaw Temple AME Zion Church, Urban League of Young Professionals, a Charter Member of 100 Black Men of America, Inc in the Selma chapter, and is a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. In 2019, he earned the Outstanding Young Alumni of the Year award from the United Negro College Fund. He is currently employed as a tax policy lobbyist for Public Citizen, a think tank in Washington, D.C.