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State Lawmaker Passes Away

A sitting Alabama lawmaker died Wednesday morning. 

Dmitri Polizos was the state representative for District 74 in Montgomery. On Tuesday afternoon he suffered a heart attack in his home. Polizos passed the next day. He was 68.

Polizos worked in the  Montgomery County Commission from 2004 until winning the 74th District Seat in a 2013 special election. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2018. Polizos ran as a Republican all three times.

Governor Kay Ivey issued a statement calling Polizos a “man of honor and distinction” and praised his success as a business owner. Polizos owned the Italian and Greek Restaurant “Mr. G’s Ristorante”.

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