As a Senate candidate, Britt publicly aligned herself with former President Donald Trump. Britt gave credence to Trump’s false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.Katie Britt is married to Wesley Britt, a former NFL player. They met while attending the University of Alabama, and married on March 8, 2008.On June 8, 2021, Britt announced her candidacy in the Republican primary for the 2022 Senate election in Alabama.Trump officially endorsed Britt on June 10, 2022, calling her a “fearless America First warrior”.- Katie Elizabeth Britt (née Boyd; born February 2, 1982) is an American politician and attorney who is the junior United States senator from Alabama since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Britt is the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama and the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the Senate. She was president and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama from 2019 to 2021, and was chief of staff for her Senate predecessor, Richard Shelby, from 2016 to 2018.