2017 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election

The 2017 mayoral election in Birmingham, Alabama took place on August 22, 2017, alongside municipal races for the Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Board of Education. In a field of twelve candidates, Randall Woodfin came in first ahead of incumbent William A. Bell. As neither reached the 50 percent threshold, a runoff election was held on October 3, 2017 when Woodfin was elected with over 58 percent of the vote.[1]

October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)


Candidate	Randall Woodfin	William A. Bell
Party	Democratic	Democratic
Popular vote	24,922	17,357
Percentage	58.95%	41.05%

Mayor of Birmingham before election

William A. Bell
Democratic

Elected Mayor of Birmingham

Randall Woodfin
Democratic

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Results

Runoff Mayoral Election, October 3, 2017[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Randall Woodfin	24,922	58.95
	Democratic	William A. Bell (incumbent)	17,357	41.05
Total votes			42,279	100.00

General Mayoral Election, August 22, 2017[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Randall Woodfin	15,668	40.84
	Democratic	William A. Bell (incumbent)	14,025	36.55
	Democratic	Chris Woods	6,961	18.14
	Democratic	Frank Matthews	532	1.39
	Democratic	Patricia Bell	264	0.69
	Democratic	Randy Davis	256	0.67
	Democratic	E. Philemon Hill	205	0.53
	Democratic	Fernandez Sims	170	0.44
	Democratic	Trudy Hunter	165	0.43
	Democratic	Carl Jackson	50	0.13
	Democratic	Lanny Jackson	41	0.11
	Democratic	Donald Lomax	29	0.08
Total votes			38,366	100.00

References

Edgemon, Erin (October 3, 2017). "Randall Woodfin is Birmingham's next mayor". AL.com. Alabama Media Group. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
"2017 October 3 - Mayor, Council & School Board Runoff Election" (PDF). Birmingham City Clerk's Office.
"2017 August 22 - Mayor, Council & School Board Regular Election" (PDF). Birmingham City Clerk's Office.

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