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Mayoral elections in Huntsville are held every four years to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama.
Huntsville's mayoral elections are non-partisan, but most candidates can be affiliated with political parties. Huntsville uses a two-round system, where election runoffs are held if no candidate obtains the majority of the vote.
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The 2008 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 26, 2008, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent mayor Loretta Spencer ran for re-election to a fourth term. A runoff was held on October 7, 2008, since no candidate surpassed 50%. In the runoff Republican Tommy Battle defeated Mayor Spencer. [1]
Spencer was endorsed by The Huntsville Times . The Committee of 100, a group of businesspeople, issued a joint endorsement of Battle and Spencer.
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2008 (first round) [2] | ||
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Loretta Spencer (incumbent) | 14,871 | 49.52% |
| Tommy Battle | 14,486 | 48.24% |
| Jackie Reed | 530 | 1.76% |
| Michael Polemeni | 143 | 0.48% |
| Total | 30,030 | 100.00% |
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2008 (runoff) [3] | ||
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tommy Battle | 21,123 | 55.67% |
| Loretta Spencer (incumbent) | 16,821 | 44.33% |
| Total | 37,944 | 100.00% |
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The 2012 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 28, 2012, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent Republican Mayor Tommy Battle won re-election to a second term defeating for Mayor Loretta Spencer in a rematch. [4]
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2012 [5] | ||
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tommy Battle (incumbent) | 22,838 | 80.67% |
| Loretta Spencer | 4,312 | 15.23% |
| Jackie Reed | 1,159 | 4.09% |
| Total | 28,309 | 100.00% |
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The 2016 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 23, 2016, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent Republican Mayor Tommy Battle won re-election to a third term. [6]
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2016 [7] | ||
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tommy Battle (incumbent) | 13,896 | 80.74% |
| Jackie Reed | 1,799 | 10.45% |
| Ken Boyd | 1,516 | 8.81% |
| Total | 17,211 | 100.00% |
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The 2020 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 25, 2020, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent Republican Mayor Tommy Battle won re-election to a fourth term, with Democrat Andy Woloszyn coming in second. [8]
The election was officially non-partisan, but some candidates were affiliated with political parties.
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2020 [9] [10] | ||
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tommy Battle (incumbent) | 21,589 | 77.61% |
| Andy Woloszyn | 2,894 | 10.40% |
| Jackie Reed | 1,729 | 6.22% |
| Maurice Shingleton Jr. | 1,607 | 5.78 |
| Total | 27,819 | 100.00% |
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