Category: 2017 Birmingham Elections
Birmingham Runoff Election Results
Voter Turnout Tops 35 Percent
More than 35 percent of Birmingham’s 119,433 registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s city runoff election, topping the 27 percent turnout for the Aug. 22 city election.
Four New Members and One Incumbent Elected to Birmingham Board of Education
The Birmingham Board of Education will have six new members after Tuesday’s runoff election.
Only three incumbents remain on the nine-member board that oversees the state’s fourth-largest school system.
New Board of Education members elected Tuesday – all current or retired educators – are Douglas Lee Ragland, Michael “Mickey” Millsap, Patricia Spigner McAdory and Sonja Q. Smith.
Also in the runoff, incumbent board member Daayge Hendricks was re-elected for a second term.
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A Bad Night for Incumbents: Challengers Take the Lead in Council Runoffs
A Crestwood North Neighborhood resident experienced a realization as he greeted Darrell O’Quinn Tuesday night in the parking lot of the Shoppes at Crestwood: “We’re going to have to get a new neighborhood president.”
O’Quinn’s term as neighborhood president comes to an end as he prepares to move into his new role as District 5 representative on the Birmingham City Council. In unofficial results, he edged out incumbent council President Johnathan Austin 2,430 votes to 2,271.
The night belonged to those who had never held the offices they were seeking. Read more.
Randall Woodfin Defeats Incumbent William Bell to Become Birmingham’s Next Mayor
A night of upsets in Birmingham city government culminated in the victory of challenger Randall Woodfin over incumbent William Bell.
Woodfin topped Bell in the race by more than 7,500 votes, getting 58.94 percent of the vote compared to Bell’s 41.06 percent, according to the unofficial vote tally.
It was the end of an often contentious campaign in which Woodfin challenged the status quo. “We deserve better” was his campaign slogan.
Bell campaigned on his experience and accomplishments. But ultimately, a public dissatisfaction with Bell’s seven-year administration won out.
“Birmingham, this is our moment,” Woodfin said to a raucous crowd of supporters gathered at his campaign party. Read more.
Woodfin Beats Incumbent Bell in Birmingham Mayor’s Race, Other Results
It appears Birmingham voters have replaced their mayor and the president of the City Council.
Randall Woodfin has beaten incumbent William Bell in the race for the mayor’s post. In unofficial vote returns Woodfin has taken almost 59 percent of the vote to Bell’s 41 percent.
It also appears that Council President Johnathan Austin has been beaten in his bid for re-election. In the District 5 race, Darrell O’Quinn had 52 percent of the vote to Austin’s 48 percent, though only about 200 votes separated the men in the district race.
Woodfin Appears to Have Beaten Bell in Birmingham Mayor’s Race
Randall Woodfin appears to have beaten incumbent William Bell in the race to be Birmingham’s next mayor.
Woodfin had 59 percent of the vote to Bell’s 41 percent with 96 percent of the vote counted.
“Birmingham, this is our moment,” Woodfin said to supporters at his campaign party.
Bell had not conceded, but he appeared to his supporters and said “the numbers do not look good.” Bell said he is grateful to the people of Birmingham for the many opportunities they have given him.
