2017 Birmingham municipal election

The 2017 Birmingham municipal election is planned for August 22, 2017 to fill the positions of Mayor of Birmingham and all nine seats on the Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Board of Education.

This is to be the second concurrent election of Mayor and City Council after the election cycle for Mayor was changed by state law in 2010. The official qualification period was between June 23 and July 7. Runoff elections were held on October 4, 2017. Elected officials began their terms of office on October 24.

Candidates

Mayor

• William Bell (incumbent)
• Patricia Bell
• Randy Davis
• E. Philemon Hill
• Frank Matthews
• Fernandez Sims
• Randall Woodfin
• Chris Woods

City Council

• District 1: (13 of 14 boxes)
  • Lashunda Scales (incumbent)
  • Sherman Collins
• District 2: (29 of 30 boxes)
  • Kim Rafferty (incumbent)
  • Lawrence Conaway
  • Kimberly Jeanty
  • Stephen Murphy
  • Deanna Reed
  • Jordan Thompson
  • Tyrone Williams
• District 3:
  • Valerie Abbott (incumbent)
  • Rowan Henderson
  • Ryan Jones
• District 4: (35 of 36 boxes)
  • William Parker (incumbent)
  • Robin Rains
  • Sergio Williams
• District 5: (35 of 36 boxes)
  • Johnathan Austin (incumbent)
  • Dorothea Crosby
  • Chris Davis
  • Darrell O'Quinn
  • Jeremy Schatz
  • Robert Walker
• District 6: (29 of 30 boxes)
  • Sheila Tyson (incumbent)
  • Keith Williams
• District 7:
  • Jay Roberson (incumbent)
  • Titus Battle
  • Hosea Lewis
  • Lonnie Malone
  • Jeffrey Rowser
• District 8: (23 of 24 boxes)
  • Steven Hoyt (incumbent)
  • Jheri Robinson
• District 9: (33 of 34 boxes)
  • Eric Hall
  • John Hilliard

Board of Education

• District 1: (13 of 14 boxes)
  • Sherman Collins (incumbent)
• District 2:
  • Lyord Watson (incumbent)
  • Terri Michal
• District 3:
  • Brian Giattina (incumbent)
• District 4: (35 of 36 boxes)
  • Daagye Hendricks (incumbent)
• District 5: (35 of 36 boxes)
• District 6: (29 of 30 boxes)
  • Cheri Gardner (incumbent)
• District 7: (29 of 30 boxes)
  • Wardine Alexander (incumbent)
• District 8: (23 of 24 boxes)
  • April Williams (incumbent)
  • Antwon Womack
• District 9: (33 of 34 boxes)
  • Sandra Brown (incumbent)

Announcements

Woodfin announced his intention to challenge Bell for the Mayor's office on August 27, 2016 at the North Birmingham Recreation Center. Bell made his announcement at Katanya's Cafe in North Birmingham on February 3, 2017. Chris Woods announced his candidacy at Hopewell Baptist Church in North Birmingham on March 19. Patricia Bell announced her intention to run on April 14 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

Campaign

In June the Grassroots Coalition of Birmingham publicized a "Black Agenda", laying out goals for addressing economic disparities, affordable housing, education, criminal justice, public health, and government accountability.

References

• Steere, Tim (August 22, 2016) "Assistant city attorney to run for mayor." Birmingham Business Journal
• Rebman, Stephanie (February 3, 2017) "Birmingham Mayor William Bell to seek re-election." Birmingham Business Journal
• Finchem, Reid (March 27, 2017) "Mayoral candidates speak at Birmingham-Southern on city growth." Weld for Birmingham
• Daniel, J. H. (May 24, 2017) "Marcus Lundy out of city council race, Carlos Chaverst not running for mayor" Bham Now
• Wiggins, Trenisha (June 1, 2017) "Grassroots group presents "Black Agenda" to mayoral candidates." The Birmingham Times

External links

• City of Birmingham Regular Municipal Elections schedule for Mayor, City Council and School Board at birminghamal.gov
• Municipal elections in Birmingham, Alabama (2017) on ballotpedia.org