1979 Birmingham municipal election
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The 1979 mayoral election for the city of Birmingham was held in October 1979 with __ challengers vying for the office held by incumbent David Vann. Richard Arrington, a City Councilman and former Dean of Miles College won 44 percent of the votes in the general election and then won the October 30 runoff. Vann, who had the support of Birmingham's black voters in the 1975 Birmingham mayoral election was hurt by his refusal to dismiss a police officer who had shot and killed a young black woman.
Results
- Richard Arrington, Jr, 31,521 votes (44%, runoff)
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- David Vann, 11,450 votes (16%)
Voter turnout was 55%, with approximately 71,640 ballots cast (out of 139,254 registered voters).
References
- Franklin, Jimmie Lewis (1989) "Back to Birmingham: Richard Arrington, Jr., and His Times." Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.