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Revision as of 14:04, 8 July 2017
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
- Carlos Chaverst Jr (disqualified due to age)
- Randy Davis
- E. Philemon Hill
- Trudy Hunter
- Carl Jackson
- Lanny Jackson
- Donald Lomax
- Frank Matthews
- Fernandez Sims
- Randall Woodfin
- Chris Woods
City Council
- District 1:
- Lashunda Scales (incumbent)
- Sherman Collins
- District 2:
- District 3:
- Valerie Abbott (incumbent)
- Rowan Henderson
- Ryan Jones
- District 4:
- William Parker (incumbent)
- Mary Jean LaMay
- Robin Rains (dropped out)
- Cory Pettway
- Sergio Williams
- District 5:
- District 6:
- Sheila Tyson (incumbent)
- Keith Mims
- Keith Williams
- District 7:
- Jay Roberson (incumbent)
- Titus Battle
- Hosea Lewis
- Lonnie Malone
- Jeff Rowser
- District 8:
- Steven Hoyt (incumbent)
- Lynette Peters
- Gerri Robinson
- Adlai Trone
- District 9:
Board of Education
- District 1: (13 of 14 boxes)
- District 2:
- District 3:
- District 4: (35 of 36 boxes)
- Daagye Hendricks (incumbent)
- Amber Courtney
- Edward Maddox
- District 5: (35 of 36 boxes)
- District 6: (29 of 30 boxes)
- Cheri Gardner (incumbent)
- Lavon Beard
- Ervin Hill
- District 7: (29 of 30 boxes)
- Wardine Alexander (incumbent)
- Patricia McAdory
- Walt Wilson
- District 8: (23 of 24 boxes)
- District 9: (33 of 34 boxes)
- Sandra Brown (incumbent)
- Lawrence Jackson
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.
The first mayoral candidates forum was held on April 18 at Avondale Brewing Company. It was organized by the Grassroots Coalition-Birmingham and was attended by seven candidates.
Another mayoral forum, hosted by the #StandAsOne Coalition, was held at 16th Street Baptist Church on July 27. Art Franklin moderated the discussion.
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
- Edgemon, Erin (July 7, 2017) "12 qualify to run for Birmingham mayor." The Birmingham News
- Edgemon, Erin (July 7, 2017) "5 Birmingham school board members not seeking reelection; Contri, Maddox, others qualify." The Birmingham News
- Stein, Kelsey (June 7, 2017) "Meet the candidates for Birmingham City Council" The Birmingham News
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