Johnny Ragland
Age: 71
Occupation: Retired coal miner.
Political experience: Elected to City Council, 2004 and 2008; elected mayor, 2012 and 2016.
Main issue: Continued business growth, producing revenue to support police, fire, rescue and other city services.
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Solomon Crenshaw Jr., a regular writer for BirminghamWatch, recently won a third-place award and honorable mention in the National Federation of Press Women’s Communicator’s Awards for two of his BirminghamWatch pieces, along with a first-place award for a story published by the Bending the Arc Project. Read more.
