Vote 2007
Continuing coverage of Birmingham’s 2007 elections from Wade on Birmingham. Nine candidates are running for mayor, and District 3 votes on a replacement for a vacated Birmingham school board.
Calendar
- Sept. 28 | Voter registration deadline. Register at:
- any branch of the Jefferson County Libraries
- any courthouse
- Oct. 4 | Absentee ballot registration deadline.
- Oct. 8 | Absentee ballots must be postmarked by this date.
- Oct. 9 | Election Day
- Oct. 30 | Runoffs
Coverage
- April 23 | Abbott to run for mayor
Exclusive: Councilor Valerie Abbott enters the race.
- June 4 | Busy signal
Jefferson County Commissioner Larry Langford begins his run with a massive phone drive.
- July 26 | Mayoral forum the first
The candidates convene for the first forum of the campaign season.
- Aug. 22 | Mayoral forum on homelessness
Five candidates discuss visions and strategies for homeless citizens; includes podcasts. - Sept. 18 | All talk
See and hear the candidates in three-forum, three-day marathon. - Oct. 9 | Langford vs. Cooper vs. eight losers
Will it come down to the brash politico vs. the attorney/outsider? - Oct. 9 | Mayor Langford, we presume
Larry Langford becomes mayor by a hair
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