UPDATED — Though many campaigns already are well underway, June 25 marked the official start of the qualifying period for Birmingham’s 2021 municipal elections.
Candidates will have until July 9 to officially add their name to the Aug. 24 ballot, which will include the city’s mayoral, city council and school board races. Voters have until Aug. 9 to register to vote.
So far, six of the eight declared mayoral candidates have officially filed to run: incumbent Mayor Randall Woodfin, former Mayor William A Bell, businessman Chris Woods, philanthropist Cerissa A. Brown, community activist Phileman Hill and Jefferson County Commissioner Lashunda Scales.
Community activist Darryl Williams and Birmingham resident Juanita Jones also have announced or filed preliminary paperwork but have not officially qualified. The deadline is July 9.
As qualifying opened, several new faces joined council races: Don D. Scott in District 2, Roshanique Yvette Taylor in District 5, La’Toya Lee in District 7 and D. Denise Webber-Jenkins in District 8.
Birmingham 2021 Municipal Candidates
* Denotes that candidate has announced campaign but has not yet officially qualified
Birmingham Mayor
- William A. Bell Sr.
- Cerissa A. Brown
- Philemon Hill
- Juanita Jones*
- Lashunda Scales
- Darryl Williams*
- Randall Woodfin (Incumbent)
- Chris Woods
Birmingham City Council, District 1
- Clinton Woods (Incumbent)
Birmingham City Council, District 2
- Kimberly Jeanty*
- Don D. Scott
- Hunter Williams (Incumbent)
Birmingham City Council, District 3
- Valerie Abbott* (Incumbent)
- Joseph Baker III*
- Blake Guinn*
Birmingham City Council, District 4
- Scottie McClaney
- Jonathan “JT” Moore*
- William Parker* (Incumbent)
- Qunelius “Cory” Pettway*
- Gwendolyn Cook Webb
Birmingham City Council, District 5
- Richard Franklin
- Darrell O’Quinn (Incumbent)
- Erica Starr Robb*
- Roshanique Yvette Taylor
Birmingham City Council, District 6
- Keith Aaron*
- Clarence Muhammad*
- Crystal Smitherman* (Incumbent)
- Keith O. Williams
Birmingham City Council, District 7
- Wardine Alexander (Incumbent)
- La’Toya Lee
- Lonnie Malone*
Birmingham City Council, District 8
- Carol Clarke
- Barbara Files Kennedy*
- Celida Soto*
- Adlai Trone
- D. Denise Webber-Jenkins
Birmingham City Council, District 9
- Eric Hall
- John Hilliard (Incumbent)
- Kevin Powe*
- LaTonya Tate
Birmingham Board of Education District 1
- Sherman Collins Jr.
- Douglas Lee Ragland (Incumbent)
- Jerry Tate
Birmingham Board of Education District 2
- Terri Michal (Incumbent)
- Neonta Williams*
Birmingham Board of Education District 3
- Mary D. Boehm (Incumbent)
Birmingham Board of Education District 4
- Derek L. Billups
- Daagye Hendricks (Incumbent)
Birmingham Board of Education District 5
- Angela Scoggins-Watkins*
- James Sullivan*
- David Tarell McKinney
Birmingham Board of Education District 6
- Tony Christon-Walker*
- Leticia Watkins
- Yancey Williams Sr.
Birmingham Board of Education District 7
- Walter “Big Walt” Wilson (Incumbent)
Birmingham Board of Education District 8
- Anoinette “Toni” King
- Sonja Smith* (Incumbent)
- Antwon Bernard Womack
Birmingham Board of Education District 9
- Brandon Cleveland*\
- Jason Meadows*
- Susan Diane Mitchell*
This list was updated July 8.