Vote 2009: City council, board of education election results
By Wade KwonWho won today’s Birmingham city council and board of education races?
We’ll update this post as results come in.
City council, by district
- Lashunda Scales
- Runoff: Carol Duncan (I) and Kim Rafferty
- Valerie Abbott (I)
- Maxine Herring Parker (I)
- Runoff: Johnathan Austin (I) and Elias Hendricks
- Runoff: Carole Smitherman (I) and Sheila Tyson
- Runoff: Jay Roberson and Ernestine Williams
- Steven Hoyt (I)
- Runoff: Leroy Bandy and Roderick Royal (I)
Board of education, by district
- Tyrone Belcher
- Virginia Volker (I)
- Runoff: Elisa Burns-Macon and Brian Giattina
- Runoff: Carolyn Cobb (I) and Edward Maddox
- Emanuel B. Ford
- Runoff: Gwendolyn Bell and Willie Maye (I)
- Runoff: Odessa Ashley (I) and Alana Edwards
- April Williams (I)
- Phyllis Wyne (I)
(I) = incumbent
One council incumbent (Joel Montgomery) and one school board incumbent (Dannetta K. Thornton Owens) lost tonight. Nine runoff races will take place Oct. 6.
Also:
- Vote 2009: Birmingham News endorsements then and now
Who did the newspaper endorse in 2005 and this year? - Talking politics on WBHM
Join me Wednesday for a discussion of Birmingham and Jefferson County politics - Vote 2009: Vote as if your city’s life depended on it
More info on today’s election and candidates - Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks
Surprise! Many of them were politicians.
Update: The Progressive Electorate has analysis on the council races by district.
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Who won today
Sunday, January 2, 2011, 12:37 am
No one.