Category: 2021 Birmingham City Election
2021 Birmingham City Election Results
BIRMINGHAM MAYOR
William A. Bell Sr.: 9.14%
Cerissa A. Brown: 0.64%
Napoleon Gonzalez: 0.13%
Philemon Hill: 0.41%
Lashunda Scales: 20.77%
Darryl T. Williams: 0.33%
Randall Woodfin: 64.33%
Chris Woods: 4.26%
Read on for results in the city council and board of education races.
Bell Wants to Get the City Back on Track After His Four Years Out of Office
William Bell wants to reclaim his legacy.
Scales Driven to Run After Watching Government in Action
Lashunda Scales was inspired to run for government office after watching politicians and becoming disenchanted with the way they did business.
Chris Woods Wants to Look Out for the City Like a Brother
Birmingham mayoral candidate Chris Woods could star in the reboot of the 2000 ABC situation comedy “Malcomb in the Middle.”
Woodfin Points to ‘Progress and Rebirth’ as Reasons Voters Should Reelect Him Mayor
Mayor Randall Woodfin has a simple request for Birmingham: “Stick with me.”
Linda Roper Richardson, BBOE D7
Four Lower-Profile Candidates on the Ballot in the Mayor’s Race
Birmingham Elections Ballot Set
Seventy-two people have filed their paperwork and are officially running for office in the upcoming Birmingham city elections.
After the qualifying deadline elapsed Friday, eight people were on the ballot to compete in the mayor’s race, trying to capture the seat now held by Mayor Randall Woodfin.
The other most populated race is for Birmingham City Council District 8, where eight people also have qualified to run for the seat being vacated by Councilor Steven Hoyt.
The election will be held Aug. 24, and voters have until Aug. 9 to register to vote.
On the ballot will be the mayor’s race, nine City Council races and nine Birmingham Board of Education races.
Scales Qualifies to Run for Mayor of Birmingham
Jefferson County Commissioner Lashunda Scales filed papers Wednesday to officially qualify to run for mayor of Birmingham. Read more.
See who has qualified for city races: Birmingham Elections Begin Officially as Candidates File Qualifying Papers
Birmingham Elections Begin Officially as Candidates File Qualifying Papers
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, four of the eight declared mayoral candidates have officially filed to run: incumbent Mayor Randall Woodfin, former Mayor William A Bell, businessman Chris Woods and philanthropist Cerissa A. Brown.
Community activists Philemon Hill and Darryl Williams also have announced runs for the seat, as has Jefferson County Commissioner and former Birmingham City Councilor Lashunda Scales. Birmingham resident Juanita Jones has also filed preliminary paperwork to run for the seat, though she has not yet officially qualified.
Woodfin turned his qualification into a miniature campaign event, hosting a press conference on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse shortly after filing his statement of candidacy. “I don’t want anybody to think we’ve just got this in the bag,” he told supporters. “I don’t want to get anyone to get comfortable,” he said.
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.
