2021 Birmingham, Alabama, mayoral election

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2021 Birmingham mayoral election
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Candidate Randall Woodfin Lashaunda Scales William A. Bell
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
Popular vote23,6167,6253,354
Percentage64.3%20.8%9.1%
Mayor before election

Randall Woodfin
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Randall Woodfin
Democratic

The 2021 Birmingham mayoral election was held on August 24, 2021, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Incumbent Democratic mayor Randall Woodfin was re-elected to a second term. [1]

Contents

Background

Woodfin was first elected in 2017, defeating incumbent mayor William A. Bell in a runoff. He was a keynote speaker at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. During his first term, he faced criticism for furloughing some city employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, committing $3 million per year to the Protective Stadium, creating a city-funded scholarship program, and replacing Birmingham's police chief, though he has defended all the aforementioned decisions. In his reelection campaign, Woodfin primarily touted his accomplishments in renovating several dilapidated areas of the city and reforming the city's police department. A primary issue in the campaign was the results of the 2020 United States census, which showed that Huntsville had surpassed Birmingham as Alabama's most populous city. Woodfin believed that Birmingham's population loss was due to a brain drain, and pointed out that the aforementioned scholarship program could help keep high school graduates in the city. [2]

Candidates

Confirmed

Endorsements

Cerissa Brown

PACs

  • American Youth for Climate Action [11]
  • Future Generations PAC [11]
Lashunda Scales

State legislators

Individuals

Randall Woodfin

U.S. Presidents

U.S. Senators

State legislators

Local officials

Individuals

Organizations

Labor unions

PACs

Chris Woods

Judges

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Randall
Woodfin		William
Bell		Lashaunda
Scales		OthersUndecided
Birmingham Times [17] May 11–June 4, 2021250 (LV)± 6.2%52%10%11%4% [a] 23%
Chism Strategies [18] April 1–5, 2021662 (LV)± 3.9%49%14%12%21%–

Debates

2021 Birmingham mayoral election debates
 No.Date & TimeHost(s)Moderator(s)LinkParticipants
Key:
 P  Participant   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee		Brown Bell GonzalezHillScalesWilliams Woodfin Woods
1 [19]
August 13, 2021
Lisa Crane
NPNNPNPP
2 [20]
August 17, 2021
6:30 p.m. CDT
Birmingham Times
Summit Media
CBS 42
WBHM
Birmingham Association
of Black Journalists
Janae Pierre
PPNPPPPN

Results

General election results [21]
CandidateVotes %
Randall Woodfin (incumbent)23,61664.33
Lashaunda Scales7,62520.77
William A. Bell 3,3549.14
Chris Woods 1,5624.23
Cerissa Brown2360.64
Philemon Hill1490.41
Darryl Williams1200.33
Napoleon Gonzalez470.13
Total votes36,709 100.00

Notes

  1. ↑ Cerissa Brown and Chris Woods with 2%, Philemon Hill and Darryl Williams with 0%

References

  1. ↑ @CBS_42 (August 25, 2021). "Mayor Randall Woodfin has won a..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "Can Mayor Randall Woodfin win without a runoff?". al. August 22, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Prickett, Sam (March 1, 2021). "Field Of Candidates For Birmingham Mayor Continues To Grow". WBHM 90.3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Garrison, Greg (July 14, 2021). "Birmingham mayoral race 2021: Who's running?". AL.com (published July 9, 2021). Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "City of Birmingham preparing for municipal election on Aug. 24". WVTM-TV . Birmingham, Ala. July 15, 2021. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  6. ↑ Glenn, John (March 2, 2021). "Former Birmingham Mayor William Bell announces mayoral bid". Alabama Political Reporter.
  7. ↑ Prickett, Sam (August 4, 2017). "Ervin Philemon Hill II". BirminghamWatch. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Birmingham Mayor's Race: Who's in right now". WBRC. January 19, 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Five candidates for Birmingham mayor have never held office". al. August 23, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Randall Woodfin raises $270K – in one week – for second term as Birmingham Mayor". Birmingham Times. September 8, 2020.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Times, Birmingham (August 19, 2021). "Woodfin, Challengers Have Spoken. Now It's Up to Birmingham Voters".
  12. ↑ Greg Garrison (August 19, 2021). "President Joe Biden endorses Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin for re-election". Alabama Media Group.
  13. ↑ Hedgepeth, Lee (August 5, 2021). "Former Sen. Doug Jones endorses Randall Woodfin in Birmingham mayoral race". WIAT . Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Stacey Abrams endorses Woodfin in re-election bid for Birmingham mayor". CBS 42. August 9, 2021.
  15. ↑ Garrison, Greg (July 10, 2021). "Human Rights Campaign endorses Woodfin for mayor". AL.com (published June 28, 2021). Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  16. ↑ Glenn, John (January 29, 2021). "Mayor Randall Woodfin endorsed by The Collective PAC". Alabama Political Reporter.
  17. ↑ Birmingham Times
  18. ↑ Chism Strategies
  19. ↑ Digital, WVTM 13 (August 14, 2021). "Birmingham mayoral candidates debate at Lawson State". WVTM.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ↑ Times, Birmingham (August 11, 2021). "Mayoral Election 2021: Birmingham Times, other local media hosting debate".
  21. ↑ "Election Results: Birmingham Municipal Elections Runoff 2021". www.wbrc.com.

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