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===Mayor===
===Mayor===
[[File:2021 Bham mayoral debate.png|right|thumb|375px|Screenshot from the August 17 on-line mayoral debate]]
[[File:2021 Bham mayoral debate.png|right|thumb|375px|Screenshot from the August 17 on-line mayoral debate]]
* [[Randall Woodfin]] (incumbent)
* '''[[Randall Woodfin]]''' (incumbent), 23,616 votes (64.3%), winner
* [[William Bell]]
* [[Lashunda Scales]], 7,625 votes (20.8%)
* [[Cerissa Brown|Cerissa A. Brown]]
* [[William Bell]], 3,354 votes (9.1.%)
* [[E. Philemon Hill]]
* [[Chris Woods]], 1,562 votes (4.3%)
* [[Lashunda Scales]]
* [[Cerissa Brown|Cerissa A. Brown]], 236 votes (0.6%)
* [[Darryl Williams]]
* [[E. Philemon Hill]], 149 votes (0.4%)
* [[Chris Woods]]
* [[Darryl Williams]], 120 votes (0.3%)
* [[Napoleon Gonzalez]]
* [[Napoleon Gonzalez]], 47 votes (0.1%)


===City Council===
===City Council===
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* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]:
** [[Clinton Woods]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Clinton Woods]]''' (incumbent), unopposed
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]:
** [[Hunter Williams]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Hunter Williams]]''' (incumbent), 2,658 votes (69.5%), winner
** [[Kimberly Jeanty]]
** [[Kimberly Jeanty]], 634 votes (16.6%)
** [[Don D. Scott]]
** [[Lawrence Conaway]], 417 votes (10.9%)
** [[Lawrence Conaway]]
** [[Don D. Scott]], 117 votes (3.1%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]:
** [[Valerie Abbott]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Valerie Abbott]]''' (incumbent), 2,099 votes (52.8%), winner
** [[Joseph Baker|Joseph Baker III]]
** [[Alice Speake]], 1,142 votes (28.7%)
** [[Alice Speake]]
** [[Joseph Baker|Joseph Baker III]], 498 votes (12.5%)
** [[Wil Jones]]
** [[Wil Jones]], 239 votes (6.0%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]:
** [[William Parker]] (incumbent)
** [[William Parker]] (incumbent), 1,501 votes (41.9%), runoff
** [[Scottie McClaney]]
** [[J. T. Moore]], 830 votes (23.2%), runoff
** [[J. T. Moore]]
** [[Cory Pettway]], 430 votes (12.0%)
** [[Cory Pettway]]
** [[Scottie McClaney]], 424 votes (11.8%)
** [[Gwendolyn Webb|Gwendolyn Cook Webb]]
** [[Gwendolyn Webb|Gwendolyn Cook Webb]], 402 votes (11.2%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]:
** [[Darrell O'Quinn]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Darrell O'Quinn]]''' (incumbent), 2,156 votes (57.6%), winner
** [[Richard Franklin]]
** [[Richard Franklin]], 781 votes (20.9%)
** [[Erica Robbins|Erica "Star" Robbins]]
** [[Erica Robbins|Erica "Star" Robbins]], 490 votes (13.1%)
** [[Roshanique Taylor|Roshanique Yvette Taylor]]
** [[Roshanique Taylor|Roshanique Yvette Taylor]], 258 votes (6.9%)
** [[Hiram Rahim|Hiram G. Rahim]]
** [[Hiram Rahim|Hiram G. Rahim]], 56 votes (1.5%)
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* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]:
** [[Crystal Smitherman]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Crystal Smitherman]]''' (incumbent), 2,374 votes (66.6%), winner
** [[Keith Aaron]]
** [[Keith Aaron]], 1021 votes (28.6%)
** [[Keith Williams|Keith O. Williams]]
** [[Keith Williams|Keith O. Williams]], 172 votes (4.8%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]:
** [[Wardine Alexander]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Wardine Alexander]]''' (incumbent), 2,278 votes (53.0%), winner
** [[La'Toya Lee]]
** [[Lonnie Malone]], 1,213 votes (28.2%)
** [[Lonnie Malone]]
** [[La'Toya Lee]], 616 votes (14.3%)
** [[Donald Stone|Don "Donnie" Stone]]
** [[Donald Stone|Don "Donnie" Stone]], 194 votes (4.5%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]:
** [[Carol Clarke]]
** '''[[Carol Clarke]]''', 2,059 votes (51.7%), winner
** [[Barbara Files Kennedy]]
** [[Celida Soto|Celida "Celi" Soto]], 610 votes (15.3%)
** [[Celida Soto|Celida "Celi" Soto]]
** [[Adlai Trone]], 481 votes (12.1%)
** [[Adlai Trone]]
** [[Barbara Files Kennedy]], 326 votes (8.2%)
** [[Harry Turner Jr|Harry "Traveling Shoes" Turner]]
** [[Harry Turner Jr|Harry "Traveling Shoes" Turner]], 165 votes (4.2%)
** [[D. Denise Webber-Jenkins]]
** [[Wanda Wright]], 145 votes (3.6%)
** [[Wanda Wright]]
** [[Lynette Peters]], 101 votes (2.5%)
** [[Lynette Peters]]
** [[D. Denise Webber-Jenkins]], 93 votes (2.4%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]:
** [[John Hilliard]] (incumbent)
** [[John Hilliard]] (incumbent), 2,212 votes (49.2%), runoff
** [[Eric Hall]]
** [[LaTonya Tate]], 1,320 votes (29.3%), runoff
** [[Kevin Powe]]
** [[Eric Hall]], 677 votes (15.1%)
** [[David Russell]]
** [[David Russell]], 290 votes (6.5%)
** [[LaTonya Tate]]
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* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]:
** [[Douglas Ragland]] (incumbent)
** [[Sherman Collins]], 1,827 votes (43.1%), runoff
** [[Sherman Collins]]
** [[Douglas Ragland]] (incumbent), 1,814 votes (42.8%), runoff
** [[Jerry Tate]]
** [[Jerry Tate]], 601 votes (14.2%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]:
** [[Terri Michal]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Neonta Williams]]''', 2,064 votes (56.2%), winner
** [[Neonta Williams]]
** [[Terri Michal]] (incumbent), 1,608 votes (43.8%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]:
** [[Mary Boehm]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Mary Boehm]]''' (incumbent), 3,204 votes (84.5%), winner
** [[Byron Lagrone|Byron "Anti-Charter School" Lagrone]]
** [[Byron Lagrone|Byron "Anti-Charter School" Lagrone]], 566 votes (15.0%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]:
** [[Daagye Hendricks]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Derrick Billups]]''', 1,951 votes (55.1%), winner
** [[Derrick Billups]]
** [[Daagye Hendricks]] (incumbent), 1,589 votes (44.9%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]:
** [[David McKinney|David Tarell McKinney]]
** '''[[James Sullivan]]''', 1,886 votes (53.3%), winner
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** [[David McKinney|David Tarell McKinney]], 1,637 votes (46.5%)
** [[James Sullivan]]
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* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]:
** [[Jamaree' Collins]]
** '''[[Leticia Watkins]]''', 2,273 votes (66.5%), winner
** [[Leticia Watkins]]
** [[Yancey Williams Sr]], 1,007 votes (28.6%)
** [[Yancey Williams Sr]]
** [[Jamaree' Collins]], 247 votes (7.0%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]:
** [[Walter Wilson|Walter "Big Walt" Wilson]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Walter Wilson|Walter "Big Walt" Wilson]]''' (incumbent), unopposed
** [[Linda Roper Richardson]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]:
** [[Sonja Smith]] (incumbent)
** '''[[Sonja Smith]]''' (incumbent), 2,469 votes (62.3%), winner
** [[Toni King|Antoinette "Toni" King]]
** [[Antwon Womack]], 746 votes (18.8%)
** [[Curtis Tyrone Robinson]]
** [[Toni King|Antoinette "Toni" King]], 490 votes (12.4%)
** [[Antwon Womack]]
** [[Curtis Tyrone Robinson]], 260 votes (6.6%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]:
** [[Le'Darius Hilliard]]
** [[Le'Darius Hilliard]], 1,934 votes (43.2%), runoff
** [[Jason Meadows]]
** [[Jason Meadows]], 1,878 votes (41.9%), runoff
** [[Susan Diane Mitchell]]
** [[Susan Diane Mitchell]], 670 votes (15.0%)
 
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Note: Where a candidate's nickname is present, that is how their name was shown on the ballot.
Note: Where a candidate's nickname is present, that is how their name was shown on the ballot.


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** [[Angela Scoggins-Watkins]] (District 5)
** [[Angela Scoggins-Watkins]] (District 5)
** [[Tony Christon-Walker]] (District 6)
** [[Tony Christon-Walker]] (District 6)
** [[Linda Roper Richardson]] (District 7)
** [[Brandon Cleveland]] (District 9)
** [[Brandon Cleveland]] (District 9)
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==Campaigns==
==Campaigns==

Revision as of 08:28, 25 August 2021

The 2021 Birmingham municipal election is a municipal election that will be held on August 24, 2021 to fill the positions of Mayor of Birmingham and all nine seats on the Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Board of Education.

It will be the third concurrent ballot for Mayor and City Council after the election cycle for Mayor was changed by state law in 2010. The official qualification period for candidates is between June 25, 2020 and July 10, 2021. Runoff elections, if necessary, will be held on October 5, 2021. The certification / canvassing of election results will occur on August 31, 2021.

Candidates were allowed to begin fundraising one year prior to election day on August 24, 2020. The qualification period for candidates was from June 25 2021 through July 9 2021.

The 2021 Birmingham municipal election will be held before the 2020 census-directed redistricting.

Candidates

Mayor

Screenshot from the August 17 on-line mayoral debate

City Council

Board of Education

Note: Where a candidate's nickname is present, that is how their name was shown on the ballot.

Former Candidates

The following is a list of candidates announced their intent to run, but either failed to qualify or withdrew their run.

Campaigns

Randall Woodfin announced his re-election campaign for the Mayor's office on August 25, 2020 and held a campaign kick-off event on January 30 at George Ward Park. Steven Hoyt, current District 8 representative, and Darryl Williams, announced their bids for the Mayor's office during the week of August 24, 2020. Chris Woods announced his candidacy on January 13, 2021, followed by Lashunda Scales on Martin Luther King Jr Day, January 18. Former mayor William Bell confirmed his intention to run on February 2. Cerissa Brown formally announced her candidacy for Mayor at Legion Field on February 13. E. Philemon Hill entered the race in May.

Debates

A "Mayoral Town Hall Debate" sponsored by the Jefferson County Millennial Democrats and moderated by Dana Woodruff was held at the Lit in 8th nightclub on June 24. Woodfin, Scales, Bell and Woods were invited to participate.

Those four also appeared in an August 13 debate sponsored by WVTM and WATV which was moderated by Lisa Crane (link).

An online debate co-sponsored by Al.com, The Birmingham Times, Summit Media, CBS 42, and the Birmingham Association of Black Journalists was held on August 17 with all mayoral candidates invited to participate. Janae Pierre moderated that debate, with questions from a panel which included Roy S. Johnson, Barnett Wright, Sherri Jackson, Cody Short and Shelia Smoot. Woodfin, Scales, Bell, Brown and Hill participated. Woods was unavailable and Gonzalez was unable to participate due to technical difficulties. A number of topics were discussed during the event, but Woodfin's "Birmingham Promise" attracted the most comment from challengers who viewed the program as self-serving and a drain on public school funding.

Fundraising

On September 8 the Woodfin campaign announced that they had raised $270,000 in their first week fundraising. Major contributors included Eric Bledsoe, Charles Barkley, Raymond Harbert, and Shipt. He later reported large donations from the North Alabama PAC, Sheree Acheson, Marcel Dareus, Margaret Hemberg and London Ash.

Bell's challenge was supported by David Shelby, Triangle Partners, and United PAC. Scales reported major contributions from Marion Collins, Raymond Brooks, Shedrick Vance, Ralph Sanders and Win Pac-2018. Chris Woods took large donations from the Alabama Development PAC as well as James Andrews, Christopher Travis, Robins & Morton and R. P. Wilkin.

Polls

Pollster Dates No. polled Woodfin Bell Scales Woods Brown undecided
Chism 4/1–5 662 49.4% 13.6% 12.2% 3.7% n/a 21.0%
B'ham Times 5/11–6/4 250 52.0% 9.6% 10.8% 2.4% 1.6% 23.2%

References

External links

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