2011 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election

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2011 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election
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Candidate William A. Bell Pat BellKamau Afrika
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote15,947655617
Percentage88.96%3.65%3.44%
Mayor before election

William A. Bell
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

William A. Bell
Nonpartisan

The 2011 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election was held on August 23, 2011, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. In 2009, the City Council consolidated the mayoral and city council elections by moving the timing of mayoral elections. [1] A legal challenge to the change was rejected by the Circuit Court, [2] and ultimately by the Alabama Supreme Court. [3] As a result, the winner of the 2011 mayoral election would only serve a two-year term. [4]

Contents

Incumbent Mayor William A. Bell, who was first elected in a 2010 special election, ran for re-election. [5] He faced little-known opponents, [6] and won re-election in a landslide, receiving 89 percent of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results

2011 Birmingham mayoral election results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan William A. Bell (inc.) 15,947 88.96%
Nonpartisan Pat Bell6553.65%
Nonpartisan Kamau Afrika6173.44%
Nonpartisan Harry "Traveling Shoes" Turner Jr.2861.60%
Nonpartisan T. C. Cannon2631.47%
Nonpartisan Willis H. Buddy Hendrix1580.88%
Total votes17,926 100.00%

References

  1. ↑ The mayor, election, term, qualification (art. IV, § 4.01). 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  2. ↑ Bryant, Joseph (June 10, 2010). "City Council elections ruled valid". The Birmingham News . p. 1B. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Bandy v. City of Birmingham, 73So.3d1233 , 696(Ala.2011)(". . . we conclude that the City had the authority under § 11-46-5, Ala.Code 1975, to change by ordinance the days of the general municipal elections and runoff elections from the second Tuesday in October and the third Tuesday thereafter to the fourth Tuesday in August and the sixth Tuesday thereafter.").
  4. 1 2 Bryant, Joseph (August 2, 2011). "Last day to qualify for race". The Birmingham News . p. 2C. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 Bryant, Joseph D. (June 20, 2011). "Bell's only hat in ring so far". The Birmingham News . p. 1A. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 Kennedy, Joey (July 24, 2011). "Few ready to take on Mayor Bell". The Birmingham News . p. 2F. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. 1 2 Bryant, Joseph (June 27, 2011). "2 candidates in mayoral race so far". The Birmingham News . p. 2B. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Bryant, Joseph D. (August 3, 2011). "6 qualify for Aug. 23 election". The Birmingham News . p. 2B. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "MAYORAL ELECTION - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA - AUGUST 23, 2011" (PDF). Birmingham City Clerk. August 30, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
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