Vote 2009: City council and board of education runoffs on Tuesday
By Wade KwonDistricts 1 and 8, you can sit this one out. But for Tuesday’s runoffs for Birmingham city council and board of education, voters in the other seven districts have unfinished business.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. More voter info available in this earlier post.
Listed are the candidates still standing from the Aug. 25 general elections. The Birmingham News has made its endorsements, and in the seven races with incumbents, the editorial board endorsed only two, Carole Smitherman and Roderick Royal on the council.
City council, by district
2. Carol Duncan (I) and Kim Rafferty*
5. Johnathan Austin (I) and Elias Hendricks*
6. Carole Smitherman* (I) and Sheila Tyson
7. Jay Roberson* and Ernestine Williams
9. Leroy Bandy and Roderick Royal* (I)
Board of education, by district
3. Elisa Burns-Macon and Brian Giattina*
4. Carolyn Cobb (I) and Edward Maddox*
6. Gwendolyn Bell* and Willie Maye (I)
7. Odessa Ashley (I) and Alana Edwards*
(I) = incumbent
*Endorsed by the Birmingham News
Join us Tuesday for election results
on Wade on Birmingham.
More political news:
- City council, board of education election results
- Birmingham News endorsements then and now
- Vote as if your city’s life depended on it
- Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks
- Joey Kennedy explains what’s at stake in the runoffs
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