2012 Jefferson County municipal elections

2012 Jefferson County municipal elections were held August 28, 2012.

The following were the contests in cities and towns in Jefferson County. See 2012 municipal elections for contests in other counties.

Adamsville

• Mayor: Pam Palmer (incumbent), 731 votes (74%, winner); Yolance Owens, 253 votes (26%)
• Council:
  • Ward 1: uncontested
  • Ward 2: uncontested
  • Ward 3: Glenn Minyard (incumbent), 147 votes (68%, winner); Loretta Herring, 68 votes (32%)
  • Ward 4: Ron Mosley (incumbent), 99 votes (53%, winner); Timothy Buckelew, 87 votes (47%)
  • Ward 5: uncontested

Brighton

• Mayor: Eddie Cooper, 224 votes (39%, runoff); Barbara Watkins, 179 votes (31%, runoff), Tom Henderson, 175 votes (30%)
• Council:
  • Place 1: Joseph Edwards (incumbent), 361 votes (65%, winner); Terry Anderson, 193 votes (35%)
  • Place 2: Rhonda Bean 383 votes (68%, winner), Angela Brickie, 179 votes (32%)
  • Place 3: Annie Woods, 250 votes (44%, runoff); Devona McMullin, 220 votes (39%, runoff); Kiesha Winston, 95 votes (17%)
  • Place 4: Landy Warren, 293 votes (52%, winner); Jerome McMullin, 275 votes (48%)
  • Place 5: Lonnie Murry (incumbent), 288 votes (51%, winner); Bruce Taylor, 183 votes (32%); Angelo Hinkle, 93 votes (16%)

Center Point

• Mayor: Tom Henderson (incumbent), unopposed
• Council:
  • Place 1: Danny King (incumbent), unopposed
  • Place 2: Linda C. Kennemur (incumbent), 413 votes (62%, winner); Jason Putman, 249 votes (38%)
  • Place 3: Roger A. Barlow (incumbent), 350 votes (52%, winner); Bill Harvison, 318 votes (48%)
  • Place 4: Raymond Olan (incumbent), unopposed
  • Place 5: Terry Leesburg (incumbent), 331 votes (50%, runoff); Jon Griswold, 275 votes (41%, runoff); Robert Cosper, 60 votes (9%)

Clay

• Mayor: Charles Webster, 855 votes (61%, winner); Ed McGuffie (incumbent), 544 votes (39%)
• Council:
  • Place 1: Becky Johnson (incumbent), 1,056 votes (80%, winner); Albert Neny, 264 votes (20%)
  • Place 2: Kevin Small (incumbent), unopposed
  • Place 3: Ben Thackerson, 866 votes (65%, winner); Carol Foster, 458 votes (35%)
  • Place 4: Mark Halstead, unopposed
  • Place 5: Ricky Baker, 667 votes (50%, winner); Jackie Hambrick (incumbent), 490 votes (37%); Cindy Goodwin 184 votes (14%)

County Line

• Mayor: Buddy Self, 80 votes (60%, winner); Herman Mulvehill, 54 votes (40%)
• County Line City Council
  • Place 1: Myrtle Van Kleeck, 84 votes (63%, winner); Dennis Finch (incumbent), 50 votes (37%)
  • Place 2: Eugene Kiley, 60 votes (60%, winner); Bret Huffstutler (incumbent), 53 votes (40%)
  • Place 3: Brenda Thomas Lowe, 84 votes (63%, winner); Pam Sitton (incumbent), 50 votes (37%)
  • Place 4: Floyd Philpot, 83 votes (61%, winner); Norma Holzhauer (incumbent), 52 votes (39%)
  • Place 5: Steve Brewer, 83 votes (62%, winner); Tenson Calvert, 51 votes (38%)

Fairfield

• Mayor: Kenneth Coachman (incumbent), Fredrick Scott, Omar Young
• Council:
  • Council President: Marion Moore Evans, Darnell "Shank" Gardner
  • District 1: Garry "Sarge" Brandy, James "Bubba" Reasor, Marvin Rogers
  • District 2: Primus Mack (incumbent), unopposed
  • District 3: William "Hat" Murray (incumbent), Harry C. Lee, Jr
  • District 4: Paralee Britt, unopposed
  • District 5: Jerry Yarbrough (incumbent), unopposed
  • District 6: Ves Marable (incumbent), Willie Hardley

Fultondale

• Mayor: Jim Lowery (incumbent), 1,158 votes (67%, winner); John Douglas, 577 votes (33%)
• Council:
  • Place 1: Joshua Bryant (incumbent), 905 votes (55%, winner); Shane Cochran, 444 votes (27%); Matthew Weber, 285 votes (17%)
  • Place 2: Joe Bolton (incumbent), uncontested
  • Place 3: Darrell Hubbert (incumbent), 721 votes (42%, runoff); Jimmie Lay, 660 votes (39%, runoff); Mike Snow, 334 votes (19%)
  • Place 4: Tommy Loden (incumbent), uncontested
  • Place 5: Greg Morris, 447 votes (26%, runoff); Tip Blizard, 408 votes (24%, runoff); Theresa Leipert, 366 votes (21%); Jeffrey Robinson, 344 votes (20%); Walter Tibbs, 143 votes (8%)

Gardendale

• Mayor: Othell Phillips (incumbent), 1,741 votes (63%, winner); William Flippo, 1,046 votes (37%)
• Council:
  • District 1: Allen Jenkins, 298 votes (47%, runoff); Peggy Tumlin (incumbent), 294 votes (47%, runoff); Karen Dunn, 39 votes (6%)
  • District 2: Blake Guinn, 301 votes (51%, winner); J. Gary Morris (incumbent), 291 votes (49%)
  • District 3: Alvin Currington, 404 votes (62%, winner); John Parker, Sr, 253 votes (38%)
  • District 4: Greg Colvert, 259 votes (51%, winner); Faith Harper (incumbent), 246 votes (49%)
  • District 5: Stan Hogeland, 340 votes (92%, winner); Carla Rothell Cloum, 31 votes (8%)

Graysville

• Mayor: William Lassetter, Mary Sue Morgan, Jeff Wesley
• Council:
  • District 1: Dorothy Hawthorne, unopposed
  • District 2: Louella Kelley (incumbent), James Armstrong
  • District 3: Betty Cash, Lisa McGough
  • District 4: George Helms, unopposed
  • District 5: Bill Billits, Clark Julio Davis
  • District 6: Rosie Fellner-Thomas, Chris Shaw

Homewood

• Mayor: Scott McBrayer (incumbent), unopposed
• Council:
  • President: Jackie Langlow, Bruce Limbaugh
  • Ward 1
    • Place 1: Marcus Huskey (incumbent), Michael Hallman
    • Place 2: Britt Thames, Danielle Benfield, Thomas Hamner Jr
  • Ward 2
    • Place 1: Fred Hawkins (incumbent), Bernard Mays Jr
    • Place 2: Vance Moody (incumbent), unopposed
  • Ward 3
    • Place 1: Patrick McClusky (incumbent), unopposed
    • Place 2: Walter Jones (incumbent), Fred Azbik
  • Ward 4
    • Place 1: Jenifer Champ Wallis, Billy Beers
    • Place 2: Heather Reid, Joe Stephens
  • Ward 5
    • Place 1: Richard Laws, unopposed
    • Place 2: Peter Wright (incumbent), unopposed

Hoover

• Mayor: Gary Ivey (incumbent)
• Council:
  • Place 1: Trey Lott (incumbent), DeMarcus Hill
  • Place 2: Gene Smith (incumbent)
  • Place 3: Mari Morrison (incumbent), John Lyda
  • Place 4: John T. Natter (incumbent)
  • Place 5: Jack Wright (incumbent)
  • Place 6: Brian Skelton (incumbent), Kenneth L. Teter
  • Place 7: John Greene (incumbent), Jason Cerniglia, Ken King

Hueytown

• Mayor:
• Council:
  • District 1:
  • District 2:
  • District 3:
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  • District 5:

Irondale

• Mayor: Tommy Joe Alexander (incumbent), Christopher Crews, James Stewart, Charles Moore
• Council:
  • District 1: Keith Andrews, Bill Glazier, John London, John Schoen
  • District 2: Bob Saunders (incumbent), Donna Pike
  • District 3: Craig Sanderson (incumbent), unopposed
  • District 4: Terry Beardon (incumbent), David Jamieson
  • District 5: Pete Crye, Bobby Joe Wilson

Kimberly

No elected positions were contested in Kimberly, as only the incumbents qualified to run, so the city did not actually hold municipal elections in 2012.

• Mayor: Bob Ellerbrock (incumbent)
• Council: Kimberly's Town Council is elected at-large:
  • Place 1: Brian Pharris (incumbent)
  • Place 2: Brad Stark (incumbent)
  • Place 3: Donna Cude (incumbent)
  • Place 4: Lance Shivers (incumbent)
  • Place 5: John Richardson (incumbent)

Leeds

• Mayor: Eric Patterson (incumbent), Jim Atkinson, Johnny Kile, David Miller
• Council:
  • District 1: Kenneth Washington (incumbent), Toney Abernathy
  • District 2: Ross Bartee, Eric Turner
  • District 3: Susan Webb Carswell (incumbent), Johnny Dutton
  • District 4: Charlotte Earnest (incumbent), Craig Wadsworth, Kelly Washburn
  • District 5: Gerald Clayton, Jack Courson, David Crabb, Devoris Ragland, Dallas White

Lipscomb

• Mayor:
• Council:
  • District 1:
  • District 2:
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  • District 4:
  • District 5:

Maytown

• Mayor:
• Council:
  • Place 1:
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Midfield

• Mayor: Gary Richardson (Incumbent), Reginald Wilson
• Council:
  • Place 1: Terry Adams (incumbent), unopposed
  • Place 2: James Reasor, John Thomas
  • Place 3: Jimmie Robinson (incumbent), unopposed
  • Place 4: Janice Anderson (incumbent), unopposed
  • Place 5: Velma Johnson (incumbent), unopposed

Morris

• Mayor: Charles Densmore, Joe Pylant
• Council:
  • Place 1: Steve Jones, unopposed
  • Place 2: Louis Resha, unopposed
  • Place 3: Corey Jones, unopposed
  • Place 4: Jack Womack, unopposed
  • Place 5: Robert Keith, John Dillard

Mountain Brook

• Mayor: Terry Oden, incumbent (uncontested)
• City Council
  • Place 2: Jack Carl, incumbent (uncontested)
  • Place 4: Virginia Smith, incumbent (uncontested)

Mulga

• Mayor:
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Pinson

• Mayor: Hoyt Sanders (incumbent), Phil Sims, Sue Bowden
• Council:
  • Place 1: Dawn Tanner (incumbent)
  • Place 2: Joe Cochran (incumbent)
  • Place 3: Jeff Walden, George "Robbie" Roberts, Cathie B. Leslie
  • Place 4: John Churchwell (incumbent)
  • Place 5: Joy McCain

Pleasant Grove

• Mayor:
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Sylvan Springs

• Mayor:
• Council:
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Tarrant

• Mayor: Loxcil Tuck (incumbent); Joe Matthews
• Council:
  • District 1:
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Trafford

• Mayor:
• Council:
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Trussville

• Mayor: Gene Melton (incumbent), Scott Bradford, Carl Dykes, Jim Robinson
• Council:
  • Place 1: Wayne Taylor (incumbent), Perry Cook
  • Place 2: Alan Taylor, unopposed
  • Place 3: Buddy Choat (incumbent), unopposed
  • Place 4: Brian Plant (incumbent), unopposed
  • Place 5: Anthony Montalto (incumbent), David Guttery

Vestavia Hills

• Mayor: Butch Zaragoza (incumbent)
• Council:
  • Place 1: Deloye Burrell, John Henley, David Skinner
  • Place 2: Jim Sharp (incumbent)
  • Place 3: Steve Ammons (incumbent)
  • Place 4: George Pierce (incumbent), Bob Elliott

Warrior

• Mayor: Johnny Ragland
• Council:
  • District 1
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West Jefferson

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References

• Osburn, Lisa. (July 18, 2012). "No contested races in Kimberly saves the city about $6,000 in election costs." The Birmingham News.