Danner Kline is passionate about affordable, universal health care, strengthening public schools, investing in research and development to create the jobs of tomorrow, and protecting our citizens from foreign powers and from domestic threats to our health, safety, and well-being. Danner grew up in Marietta, Georgia and attended Samford University. After graduating with a B.A. in English he spent ten years managing business telephone systems. In 2004, Danner started Free the Hops, a grassroots organization lobbying to eliminate Prohibition-era regulations on beer. These efforts succeeded and the brewing industry began to thrive in Alabama for the first time in a hundred years, contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to the state economy. Today, he manages the craft beer portfolio for a beverage wholesaler. He lives in Vestavia Hills with his wife and two children.