Randall L. Woodfin

Age: 48

Residence: Central City

Political experience: Mayor of Birmingham, 2017-present; member, Birmingham Board of Education, 2013-17; president, Birmingham Board of Education, 2013-15.

Professional experience: Mayor of Birmingham, 2017-present; assistant city attorney, city of Birmingham, 2009-17.

Civic experience: Former board member, Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; former board member, Birmingham Botanical Gardens; former board member, Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama; former board member, Birmingham Change Fund; former board member, American Red Cross; former board member, Birmingham Education Foundation; former board member, Birmingham Cultural Alliance; former board member, Start the Adventure in Reading; former president, Birmingham Chapter of the Morehouse College Alumni Association; Leadership Alabama, 2016; featured speaker, TEDx Birmingham, 2017; Alabama state director, Hillary for America, 2016.

Education: Juris doctor, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 2007; bachelor’s in political science, Morehouse College, 2003.

Main issues: “One thing we’re gonna do is continue to make the advances we’ve made here. In 2025, we would have hired the largest number of police officers probably in over 15 years. We’re gonna continue on that trend (and) make sure our police force is fully staffed. Today, we’re at 83%, so we expect right at the start of the third term … by December, we expect to be fully staffed for our Birmingham Police Department. We want to endow the Birmingham Promise, make sure young people — well after I’m mayor of the city of Birmingham, children not born yet — can attend college tuition free. I think ultimately, we want to finally dismantle the legacy of racism and the cost of segregation in Birmingham. As of now, there’s still a duplication of services as we invest more in our city’s infrastructure, city amenities such as our libraries, our recreation centers, things of that nature. And continue to make economic development and workforce development a priority to put people to work and … fill these empty lots. The city of Birmingham cannot be in the grass-cutting business with your public tax dollars. We cannot go on private lots every two weeks. We have removed so many blighted structures. It is now time to lean all the way in on making sure we can go vertical with more single-family homes that are affordable as well as market rate in our city.”

Woodfin has released a detailed policy platform outlining his vision for Birmingham’s future, called “The Woodfin Way.” That full plan is available on the platform page of his website.

Campaign: Website, Facebook, X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram.