2013 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election

2013 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election

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Candidate William A. Bell Kamau Afrika Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 20,139 2,353 Percentage 82.04% 9.58%

Mayor before election William A. Bell Nonpartisan Elected mayor William A. Bell Nonpartisan

The 2013 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election was held on August 27, 2013, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Incumbent Mayor William A. Bell, who was first elected in a 2010 special election and re-elected to a two-year term in 2011, ran for re-election to his first full term as mayor. ^[1] He faced a little-known field of challengers and won re-election in a landslide, ^[2] receiving 82 percent of the vote.

General election

Candidates

• William A. Bell, incumbent Mayor ^[1]
• Kamau Afrika, real estate investor, perennial candidate ^[3]
• Pat Bell, entrepreneur, perennial candidate ^[4]
• Stephannie Sigler Huey, math teacher ^[5]

Results

2013 Birmingham mayoral election results ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	William A. Bell (inc.)	20,139	82.04%
	Nonpartisan	Kamau Afrika	2,353	9.58%
	Nonpartisan	Pat Bell	1,060	4.32%
	Nonpartisan	Stephannie Sigler Huey	997	4.06%
Total votes			24,549	100.00%

References

1. Bryant, Joseph D. (July 14, 2013). "Royal to exit office as qualifying concludes". The Birmingham News . p. 1A. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Tuscaloosa and Birmingham wrap up elections". WBRC . August 28, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
3. Bryant, Joseph D. (August 23, 2013). "'I'm going to clean this . . . city up'". The Birmingham News . p. 8A. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. Bryant, Joseph D. (August 23, 2013). "'We must bring crime down'". The Birmingham News . p. 8A. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. Bryant, Joseph D. (August 23, 2013). "'I am what the city needs'". The Birmingham News . p. 8A. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
6. "CITY ELECTION - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM - AUGUST 27, 2013" (PDF). Birmingham City Clerk. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2025.