The 50 most powerful & influential people in Alabama

[tps_title]Rick Burgess, Host, Rick & Bubba Show[/tps_title]

Christian conservative talk radio host Rick Burgess really flexed his political muscles for the first time during the 2014 election cycle. The small handful of Burgess-endorsed candidates were undefeated last year, including Gary Palmer, who was propelled to congress with a giant wave of ads voiced by Burgess.

Rick and his co-host Bubba are very choosy about which candidates they get behind, making their support even more coveted.

With hundreds of thousands of listeners every weekday morning, Burgess will be as influential as he wants to be in future election years, and even has some questioning whether he may at some point put his own name on a ballot. For now, he’s the most influential media figure in the state.