BREAKING – Vote 2009: William Bell, Patrick Cooper headed for Jan. 19 mayoral runoff
By Wade KwonCall it old school vs. new school.
William Bell, the Jefferson County Commissioner who ran twice for mayor, and Patrick Cooper, the attorney who ran once, will have 6 weeks to convince Birmingham voters before the Jan. 19 runoff.
In today’s race, unofficial results show Cooper (shown at near left) led handily with 40.1 percent, or 13,992 votes, while Bell (far left) came in second with 25.1 percent, or 8,752 votes.
City council member Carole Smitherman finished third with 18.8 percent, and attorney Emory Anthony came in fourth with 12.4 percent.
The 26 percent turnout today was down from 45 percent in 2007.
Fourteen candidates entered the race, but Ernie Dunn died before Election Day. The special election was held to replace convicted former mayor Larry Langford. Cooper or Bell would serve less than 2 years, until the next election in 2011.
Note: Numbers updated as results come in.
What’s your prediction? Will it be Bell or Cooper come January?
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I feel that Patrick Cooper made a serious mistake by using lines from Obama’s speeches.
Obama promised a change we could believe in too, I think he would have made a good Mayor and may have cleaned up some of the corrupt politics that has been going on for years in Birmingham, but that one line caused me to wonder.
People are tiresd of lying Politicians!