Vote 2009: City council, board of education election results
Who 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.