Randall Woodfin

Randall Woodfin

Randall Lee Woodfin (born May 29, 1981 in Birmingham) is the mayor-elect for the City of Birmingham. He is a former assistant city attorney and former president of the Birmingham Board of Education.

Woodfin. the son of Cynthia Woodfin-Kellum, grew up in North Birmingham and graduated from Shades Valley High School. While in school he worked as a bagger at Food Smart.

Woodfin has a bachelor's degree in political science from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and served as SGA president during his senior year in 2002-2003. He returned to Birmingham as an assistant to the president of the Birmingham City Council and later as a staff member for the Birmingham Division of Youth Services and at the Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity, where he participated in implementing programs through the Birmingham Weed & Seed Task Force.

Woodfin completed his juris doctorate at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law and clerked for one of the firms representing the Board of Education. Since graduating he has been active in local and regional political campaigns.

Woodfin was an unsuccessful candidate for the Birmingham Board of Education, District 3 in the 2009 election. In the 2013 Birmingham municipal election, Woodfin ran for the vacant District 5 seat on the Board. He took over the role of president of the new board that emerged from state takeover and addressed the needed improvements outlined by the AdvancED accrediting agency.

During the 2016 presidential election campaign, Woodfin served as statewide organizer for Hillary Clinton's campaign and briefly chaired the Young Professionals Advisory Council for the Birmingham office of the United Negro College Fund.

In August 2016 Woodfin announced his candidacy for the 2017 Birmingham mayoral election. Pine Street Strategies of St Louis, Missouri managed his campaign. He was endorsed locally by the Grassroots Coalition, the Birmingham Professional Firefighters Association, and the Birmingham Local Chapter of National Letter Carriers Association; and nationally by Our Revolution and the Political Revolution PAC. He garnered the largest number of votes on election day, advancing to a runoff with incumbent William Bell.

On October 3, 2017, Randall Woodfin won the run-off election for Mayor of Birmingham with 59% of the votes defeating incumbent Mayor William Bell. Woodfin will take office on November 28, 2017.

Preceded by: April Williams	Birmingham Board of Education president 2013–2015	Succeeded by: Wardine Alexander
Preceded by: William Bell	Mayor of Birmingham 2017–	Succeeded by: TBD

References

• "Birmingham Board of Education District 3: Randall Lee Woodfin" (August 17, 2009) The Birmingham News
• Stein, Kelsey (August 23, 2013) "Birmingham election: District 5 a balancing act among interests of downtown, neighborhoods, business." The Birmingham News
• "Groundbreakers" (December 2013) Birmingham magazine
• "2016 Top 40 Under 40: Randall Woodfin, Birmingham Board of Education." (February 12, 2016) Birmingham Business Journal
• "An Interview with Randall Woodfin – Candidate for Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama" (June 18-July 10, 2017) Political Revolution (4 parts)
• King, Chris (October 5, 2017) "St. Louisans help elect progressive mayor in Birmingham, Randall Woodfin’s campaign managed by Donald Calloway Jr.’s firm." The St Louis American
• Archibald, John (October 5, 2017) "Randall Woodfin answers: What comes next for Birmingham." The Birmingham News
• Johnson, Roy S. (October 5, 2017) "Randall Woodfin vows to create 'best team this city's ever seen'." The Birmingham News

External links

• Randall Woodfin campaign website