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* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: (13 of 14 boxes)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]:
** [[Bennie Holmes]]
** [[Cedric Small]], 1,497 votes (37.10%), runoff
** [[Doug Ragland]]
** [[Doug Ragland]], 1,027 votes (25.45%), runoff
** [[Keith Rice]]
** [[Jerry Tate]], 816 votes (20.22%)
** [[Cedric Small]]
** [[Keith Rice]], 418 votes (10.36%)
** [[Jerry Tate]]
** [[Bennie Holmes]], 277 votes (6.86%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]:
** [[Brandon McCray]]
** '''[[Terri Michal]]''', 1,717 votes (50.18%), winner
** [[Terri Michal]]
** [[Brandon McCray]], 1,705 votes (49.82%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]:
** [[Mary Boehm]]
** '''[[Mary Boehm]]''', 2,763 votes (70.99%), winner
** [[Larry Contri]]
** [[Larry Contri]], 1,129 votes (29.01%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]: (35 of 36 boxes)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]:
** [[Daagye Hendricks]] (incumbent)
** [[Edward Maddox]], 1,790 votes (46.92%), runoff
** [[Amber Courtney]]
** [[Daagye Hendricks]] (incumbent), 1,308 votes (34.29%), runoff
** [[Edward Maddox]]
** [[Amber Courtney]], 717 votes (18.79%)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]: (35 of 36 boxes)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]:
** [[Buford Burks]]
** [[Mickey Millsap]], 1,236 votes (30.23%), runoff
** [[Eloise Crenshaw]]
** [[David McKinney]], 628 votes (15.36%), runoff
** [[Martha McDowell]]
** [[Martha McDowell]], 565 votes (13.82%)
** [[David McKinney]]
** [[Aisha Muhammad]], 476 votes (11.64%)
** [[Mickey Millsap]]
** [[Angela Scoggins-Watson]], 375 votes (9.17%)
** [[Andrea Mitchell]]
** [[Andrea Mitchell]], 332 votes (8.12%)
** [[Aisha Muhammad]]
** [[Eloise Crenshaw]], 329 votes (8.05%)
** [[Angela Scoggins-Watson]]
** [[Buford Burks]], 148 votes (3.62%)
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* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]: (29 of 30 boxes)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]:
** [[Cheri Gardner]] (incumbent)
** [[Cheri Gardner]] (incumbent)
** [[Lavon Beard]]
** [[Ervin Hill]]
** [[Ervin Hill]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]: (29 of 30 boxes)
** [[LaVon Beard]] (no result)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]:
** [[Wardine Alexander]] (incumbent)
** [[Wardine Alexander]] (incumbent)
** [[Patricia McAdory]]
** [[Patricia McAdory]]
** [[Walt Wilson]]
** [[Walt Wilson]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]: (23 of 24 boxes)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]:
** [[Patricia Bozeman Henderson]]
** [[Patricia Bozeman Henderson]]
** [[Tyrone Silman]]
** [[Tyrone Silman]]
** [[Sonja Smith]]
** [[Sonja Smith]]
** [[Antwon Womack]]
** [[Antwon Womack]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: (33 of 34 boxes)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]:
** [[Sandra Brown]] (incumbent)
** [[Sandra Brown]] (incumbent)
** [[Lawrence Jackson]]
** [[Lawrence Jackson]]

Revision as of 12:01, 23 August 2017

The 2017 Birmingham municipal election is planned for August 22, 2017 to fill the positions of Mayor of Birmingham and all nine seats on the Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Board of Education.

This was the second concurrent election of Mayor and City Council after the election cycle for Mayor was changed by state law in 2010. The official qualification period was between June 23 and July 7. Runoff elections were held on October 4, 2017. Elected officials began their terms of office on October 24.

As of August 8, there were 120,241 registered voters in the city.

In the Mayoral race, challenger Randall Woodfin was the leading vote-getter, advancing to a runoff with incumbent William Bell. Eight of the nine City Council members stood for re-election. Two of them advanced to runoffs against challenger, while six were returned to their seats without a runoff. Furthermore, Roderick Royal, the leading vote-getter in the District 9 race with no incumbent, was a former council president.


Mayor

City Council

Board of Education

Campaign

Woodfin announced his intention to challenge Bell for the Mayor's office on August 27, 2016 at the North Birmingham Recreation Center. Bell made his announcement at Katanya's Cafe in North Birmingham on February 3, 2017. Chris Woods announced his candidacy at Hopewell Baptist Church in North Birmingham on March 19. Patricia Bell announced her intention to run on April 14 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. One prospective mayoral candidate, Carlos Chaverst Jr, was disqualified due to not meeting the 25 year age requirement.

In June the Grassroots Coalition of Birmingham publicized a "Black Agenda", laying out goals for addressing economic disparities, affordable housing, education, criminal justice, public health, and government accountability. The same group also organized the first public forum for mayoral candidates forum was held on April 18 at Avondale Brewing Company, which was attended by seven candidates. The coalition later endorsed Woodfin for Mayor.

A mayoral debate was hosted by I Believe in Birmingham at Woodlawn United Methodist Church on July 14. That event was attended by eight candidates; William Bell, E. Philemon Hill, Fernandez Sims, Randy Davis, Lanny Jackson, Patricia Bell, Randall Woodfin, Frank Matthews and Chris Woods. Joseph Baker and T. Marie King served as moderators. William Bell touted his economic development efforts, both downtown and outside of downtown, and claimed to, "have the ability and experience to keep the city moving." Other candidates pointed out issues still plaguing the city, such as violence, poverty and lack of educational achievement. More than one candidate recommended investing in business incubators throughout the city's neighborhoods. Randall Woodfin recommended refocusing public investments that are going to major projects into more basic needs, such as maintenance of public buildings. Several candidates criticized the changes to the Mayor-Council Act which increased the powers of the Mayor's office, with Woods accusing Bell of acting "like a king, a dictator." Several candidates pledged to increase financial support for schools. Matthews recommended changing the election of school board members to an at-large system. With regard to economic development priorities, Woodfin recommended workforce training at city recreation centers and aggressive recruitment of auto suppliers. Woods emphasized the need for industrial training in schools. Hill discussed efforts to attract film and television productions and completion of a domed stadium. Asked about police relations, Davis said he would have all officers reach out to at least 10 residents a day to "build rapport". Jackson repeatedly called for getting guns "off the street," while Patricia Bell said that "guns were made to protect the innocent." Matthews summarized the issues as all having to do with poverty. All candidates voiced support for government transparency and respectful interaction with citizens. Many also referenced the reported physical fight between William Bell and Marcus Lundy in 2015.

Another mayoral forum, hosted by the #StandAsOne Coalition, was held at 16th Street Baptist Church on July 27. Art Franklin moderated the discussion.

A telephone poll of 214 registered voters was conducted by WBRC 6 between July 28 and July 31. It indicated that 54% of voters favored Bell, with 17% supporting Woods and 14% preferring Woodfin.

A morning debate was held the Harbert Center with the three leading mayoral candidates: Bell, Woods and Woodfin. It was sponsored by the Birmingham Business Journal and WBHM-FM and broadcast live on FM 90.3. During that debate, Woodfin criticized the size of Bell's administrative staff and Woods accused Bell of "backroom deals". The mayor defended his record. Another televised debate, moderated by WBRC 6 reporter and anchor Jonathan Hardison, was held with five candidates in WBRC's studios on August 8. AARP Alabama sponsored that debate.

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