2008 Jefferson County municipal elections

2008 Jefferson County municipal elections will be held August 26, 2008. On the day of the election remnants of the weather system that made landfall as Tropical Storm Fay were lingering over the region.

The following are the contests in cities and towns in Jefferson County. See 2008 municipal elections for contests in other counties.

Adamsville

• Mayor: Current mayor Terry Loggins did not run for re-election. Candidates are Stephen Adams, Johnny Click, Terrell Guy, and Pamela Cairns Palmer.
• Council:
  • Ward 1: Anthony Brooklere, Mickey McGehee
  • Ward 2: Regina Crawford, Gary Herron, Ed Scott (incumbent)
  • Ward 3: Tammy Abston (incumbent), Joy Ann Perry
  • Ward 4: Timothy Buckelew (incumbent), Ron Mosley
  • Ward 5: Yohance Owens (unopposed, certified July 28)

Brighton

• Mayor: Rhonda Bean, Mayor Eddie Cooper, Erskine Davis, Angelo Hinkle
• Council:
  • Place 1: Incumbent Joseph Edwards (unopposed, certified August 5)
  • Place 2: Susie Bender, Jerome McMullin, Jr
  • Place 3: Cora Smith, Andrea Tubbs
  • Place 4: Tom Henderson (Barbara Watkins withdrew, certified August 5)
  • Place 5: Monroe Holloway, Lonnie Murry, Annie Woods

Brookside

• Mayor: Current mayor Roger McCondichie is running unopposed, as is the current city council.
• Council:
  • Place 1: Dennis Cordell
  • Place 2: David Butler
  • Place 3: Terry Bensko
  • Place 4: Daryl Burr
  • Place 5: Michael Gooch

Cardiff

• Mayor: Gregory Moore, Jr
• Council:
  • Place 1: Matthew Williams
  • Place 2: Timothy Mitchell
  • Place 3: Peggy Sue Williams
  • Place 4: Jonathan Manning
  • Place 5: Shirley Mitchell

Center Point

• Mayor: 2-term mayor Tom Henderson is being opposed by Frederick Burkes.
• Council:
  • District 1: Danny King
  • District 2: Linda Kennemur
  • District 3: Roger Barlow (incumbent), Malcomb Pepper
  • District 4: Raymond Olan
  • District 5: Terry Leesburg

Clay

• Mayor: Ed McGuffie defeated incumbent Charles Hart and challengers Vic Aldridge and Dean Kirkner. McGuffie garnered 51% of the vote and thereby won without a runoff. Hart had 36%, Kirkner, a current City Councilman, got 10% and Aldridge got 5%. In all 1,174 of Clay's 6,026 registered voters (29%) turned out for the election.

• Council:
  • Place 1: Chuck McGuffie (son of the mayor-elect) kept his Council seat with 63% of the vote. Ricky Farmer and Keith Waterhouse were the unsuccessful challengers.
  • Place 2: Kevin Small defeated Jeff Cole by earning 56% of the vote.
  • Place 3: Charles Webster ran unopposed.
  • Place 4: L. B. Feemster defeated Lou Ann Chestnut with 54% of the vote.
  • Place 5: Jackie Hambrick won easily over Stan Gilbreath with 60% of votes cast.

Fairfield

• Mayor: Incumbent Michael Johnson is being challenged by Kenneth Coachman, Johnnie Wyatt, Charles Willis, Jr and Gloria Matthews.
• Council:
  • Council President: Incumbent Eldridge Turner, Howard Cook, Darnell Gardner
  • District 1: Marion Evans, Princess Kemp, Frederick Scott (incumbent)
  • District 2: Primus Mack, Vincent Smith (incumbent)
  • District 3: Harry Lee, Calvin Biggers, Dennis Devaris, William Murray (incumbent)
  • District 4: Ronald Struthers, incumbent William Yow
  • District 5: Jerry Yarbrough, Larry Williams, Raymond Childs, Marvin Hill
  • District 6: Willie Hardley, Jr (incumbent), Ves Marable

Fultondale

With no qualified challengers for the full slate of incumbents, Fultondale did not hold an election.

• Mayor: Jim Lowery
• Council:
  • Billy Howell
  • Joe Bolton
  • Darrell Hubbert
  • Tommy Loden
  • Greg Morris

Gardendale

• Mayor: Oscar Mann (1,256 votes) and Othell Phillips (1,028) votes advanced to a runoff, defeating Jonathan Dunagan, Dennis Gamble and Matthew Wright in the 5-way race to replace the retiring three-term mayor Kenny Clemmons.

• Council:
  • Ward 1: Courtney Cooper, Tim Howell, Patt Smith, Peggy Tumlin (incumbent)
  • Ward 2: Mike "Buckett" Burkett, Tim Clayton, Jody Jones, Gary Morris (incumbent)
  • Ward 3: Jerome Cantrell, Alvin Currington, Tony Davis, Lynn Dodson
  • Ward 4: Billy Flippo (incumbent), Larry Gothard, Faith Harper, Tommy Jett
  • Ward 5: Chip Hallmark, David Morris, incumbent Wendell Phillips, Tim White

Graysville

• Mayor: Incumbent Doug Brewer is being challenged by Dorothy Hawthorne and Randy Teeter.
• Council:
  • District 1: Anthony King
  • District 2: Louella "Jill" Kelley (incumbent), James Fortenberry
  • District 3: Bobby Brown (incumbent), Cyndi Summerlin Calhoun, Greg Pridmore
  • District 4: Steve Hardin (incumbent), Wanda Nation
  • District 5: Bill Billits, Mary Sue Morgan, Sherrie Simmons
  • District 6: Roy Linn, Jr

Homewood

• Mayor: Scott McBrayer is challenging incumbent Barry McCulley.
• Council:
  • Ward 1
    • Place 1: Anthony Smith (unopposed, certified July 28)
    • Place 2: Thomas Hamner, Jr, Sam Scott
  • Ward 2
    • Place 1: Allyn Krall (unopposed, certified July 28)
    • Place 2: Vance Moody (unopposed, certified July 28)
  • Ward 3
    • Place 1: J. J. Bischoff (unopposed, certified July 28)
    • Place 2: Walter Jones, Frank Martin
  • Ward 4
    • Place 1: Hunter Payne, Sam Brasseale
    • Place 2: David Hooks (unopposed, certified July 28)
  • Ward 5
    • Place 1: Jackie Langlow (unopposed, certified July 28)
    • Place 2: Allan Trippe (unopposed, certified July 28)

Hoover

• Mayor: Tony Petelos is unopposed for his second term.
• Council:
  • Place 1: Trey Lott, unopposed
  • Place 2: Gene Smith, unopposed
  • Place 3: Mari Morrison, unopposed
  • Place 4: Gary Ivey, unopposed
  • Place 5: Jack Wright, unopposed
  • Place 6: Brian Skelton, unopposed (Vyvette Isabelle withdrew)
  • Place 7: John Green III (1,058 votes) and Jimmie Brown (903 votes) earned runoff spots in the race to replace retiring Councilor Mike Natter. Rusty Creel finished third with 692 votes. George Davis withdrew from the race before the election.

Hueytown

• Mayor: Delor Baumann (unopposed)
• Council:
  • District 1: Carole Marks (unopposed)
  • District 2: Michael Pickens (unopposed)
  • District 3: Phifer Crane (unopposed)
  • District 4: Philip Contorno (unopposed)
  • District 5: Incumbent Ray Robertson is being challenged by John Skates.

Irondale

• Mayor: Incumbent Tommy Joe Alexander received 60% of the vote to keep the office without a runoff. He was challenged by former mayor David Krider (18%) and then-city councilors John Schoen (14%) and Joan Ratchford (7%).

• Council:
  • District 1: John London, James Stewart
  • District 2: Robert Saunders, Bobby Joe Wilson
  • District 3: Pete Crye, Craig Sanderson
  • District 4: Terry Bearden, Mark Peavy
  • District 5: Donna Pike, Christopher Crews

Kimberly

• Mayor: Sam Maze is not seeking re-election after 6 terms. Candidates are Ralph Lindsey and Brian Pharris.
• Council:
  • Place 1: James Ric Chandler, Craig Harris
  • Place 2: Betty Jo Goodwin, Brad Stark
  • Place 3: Donna Smith Cude, Herschel Suddeth
  • Place 4: Diane Dake, Lowell Holland
  • Place 5: Bob Ellerbrock

Leeds

• Mayor: Eric Patterson garnered 1,355 votes to defeat incumbent mayor Tac Whitfield (568 votes) and Councilor Carol Phillips (419 votes) without a runoff. The 2,436 votes cast in the election were a record for the city.

Lipscomb

• Mayor: Melanie Bouyer, Bobby Lucas, Debbie Miller, Theodus Sanders
• Council:
  • District 1: Lilly Kennedy
  • District 2: Benny Ragland
  • District 3: Tonja Baldwin
  • District 4: Brenda Renz
  • District 5: Geraldine Hotzel, Frederick Newell, Melinda Richburg

Maytown

• Mayor: incumbent Ann Goolsby
• Council:
  • Place 1: Gwin Wilder
  • Place 2: Charlotte Sparks
  • Place 3: incumbent Ramona Martin
  • Place 4: incumbent Willie Rowe
  • Place 5: incumbent Michael Wilder

Midfield

• Mayor: Richard Shows
• City Council:

Morris

• Mayor: Craig Drummonds is being challenged by Jay Strickland
• Council:
  • Place 1: Clovis Laney
  • Place 2: Joe Pylant
  • Place 3: Ray Densomre
  • Place 4: Lynn Posey Aguirre
  • Place 5: Phillip Dillard

Mountain Brook

• Mayor: Terry Oden is running for his fourth term.
• Council:
  • Place 2: Jack Carl, Kelly Bownes. Three term incumbent Tom Clark withdrew from the race in July.
  • Place 4: Virginia Smith

Mulga

• Mayor: Johnathan "Johnny" Lankford and Brenda Hill Jordan are challenging incumbent Dennis McCrary
• Council:
  • District 1: Debra Coe, Michelle Randall
  • District 2: Joy Smith
  • District 3: Susann Renee Adkins, Bonnie Varner Maharrey
  • District 4: Wayne Jones
  • District 5: Robyn Whatley, John Shore, Kimberly Dye

Pinson

• Mayor: Hoyt Sanders
• Council:
  • Place 1: Dawn Tanner, Michael Brad Walker
  • Place 2: Joe Cochran
  • Place 3: Cathy Leslie, Paul David Meadows, Shane Shelnutt
  • Place 4: John Churchwell
  • Place 5: Joy Clayton

Pleasant Grove

• Mayor: Ronald Capps, Roland "Joey" Douglas II and Veta Agee are challenging inumbent Jerry Brasseale
• Council:
  • Place 1: Clay Custred, Phillip Houston
  • Place 2: Gerald Davis, Angela Lewis, James Mosley
  • Place 3: Terrie Hicks
  • Place 4: Jay Henson, Paula Johnson, Sherian Minor
  • Place 5: William "Skeeter" Bullion

Sylvan Springs

• Mayor: Johnny Carver, Stevan Parsons (incumbent)
• Council:
  • District 1: Charles Larry Smith (i).
  • District 2: Tammy Jo Eaton Bousack (incumbent)
  • District 3: G. M. "Mike" Thompson (incumbent)
  • District 4: Dennis Brand (incumbent)
  • District 5: Rickey Jones (incumbent)

Tarrant

• Mayor: Incumbent Loxcil Tuck won 63% of the vote, easily defeating four challengers. Tarrant police officer Margaret Ingram led the rest of the pack with 33%. Michael Miller earned 35 votes. Tina Churchwell Ingram had five and Antwon Womack had four.

• Council:
  • District 1: Annette Dunner, incumbent Dennis Middlebrooks
  • District 2: Laura Horton
  • District 3: W. L. "Junior" Jenkins (incumbent),Randy Alden Manning, Patrice Williams
  • District 4: Incumbent Joe Matthews, George Allen Parker
  • District 5: John Tommy Bryant, Dell Marie Walker-Ellis

Trafford

• Mayor: Clint Daniels, Robert Niblett, Brenda Reno, Kenneth Sanders, Otis Young
• Council:
  • Place 1: William Motes, Jo Ann Niblett
  • Place 2: Micki Aaron, Tim Waddell
  • Place 3: Alan Camp (incumbent)
  • Place 4: Kim Young Hayes (incumbent)
  • Place 5: Corace Cole, Debra Little Miller

Trussville

• Mayor: Gene Melton won a fourth term as mayor, successfully defending his office from challenger Jim Robinson by a 2,202 to 1,198-vote margin (65%).

• Council:
  • Place 1: Wayne Quick, Wayne Tayor (incumbent)
  • Place 2: Buddy Aydelette (incumbent)
  • Place 3: Jonathan Barbee, Buddy Choat
  • Place 4: Rob Meadows, Brian Plant (incumbent)
  • Place 5: Wayne Davenport, Anthony Montalto, Susan Rochester

Vestavia Hills

• Mayor: Butch Zaragoza was certified as the mayor-elect after challenger Dan Calloway dropped out of the race on July 17. Current mayor Scotty McCallum did not run for re-election.
• Council:
  • Place 1: Mary Lee Rice (incumbent)
  • Place 2: Don Harwell, Jim Sharp (incumbent)
  • Place 3: Steve Ammons, David Harwell
  • Place 4: George Pierce, Chris Pilleteri
  • Place 5: David Carrington (incumbent)

Warrior

• Mayor: Oscar Turner, Rena Hudson (incumbent)
• Council:
  • District 1
    • Place 1: Jerry Bailey (incumbent)
    • Place 2: Brad Fuller (incumbent), Joel Washington
    • Place 3: Theodore Hines (incumbent)
  • District 2
    • Place 1: Cecil Wayne Bailey, James Jett (incumbent)
    • Place 2: Johnny Ragland (incumbent)

West Jefferson

• Mayor: Troy Ford (incumbent), Charles Nix
• Council:
  • Place 1: David Brasfield, John Michael Colburn (incumbent)
  • Place 2: Aaron Edwards (incumbent), Larry Rollins, Peggy Davies
  • Place 3: Spencer Tuggle (incumbent), Larry Davis
  • Place 4: Thomas Bruce Bookout, Charles Wayne Hughes (incumbent)
  • Place 5: William Bubba Grantham, Smokey Parker (incumbent)

References

• "Candidates seek municipal offices." (July 3, 2008) Birmingham News.
• Thornton, William (July 15, 2008) "Mountain Brook Mayor Terry Oden, 71, seeking fourth term." Birmingham News.
• Gordon, Robert K. (July 16, 2008) "Mayoral exits intriguing races in Jefferson, Shelby." Birmingham News.
• "Candidates seek municial offices." (July 16, 2008) Birmingham News.
• "Complete list of qualifiers for Aug. 26 municipal elections in Jefferson and Shelby counties" (July 16, 2008) AL.com (accessed July 20, 2008).