Birmingham City Council Election Results: Incumbents Win Big

Birmingham AL

24 August, 2021

8:00 PM

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BIRMINGHAM, AL — The Birmingham City Council elections included more than 30 candidates vying for eight seats on the council, as voters took to the polls Tuesday, which closed at 7 p.m. Not only are all the incumbents running for re-election projected to win, but their victories, when certified, were decisive. District 8 will get a new council representative, as Carol Clarke won in crowded field of eight candidates. No runoffs are expected for any of the council seats. Unofficial results (bold indicates projected winner): District 2 Hunter Williams (i): 2,562 votesLawrence Conaway: 387 votesKimberly Jeanty: 575 votesDon Scott: 106 votes District 3 Valerie Abbott (i): 2,099 votesJoseph Casper Baker III: 358 votesWil Jones: 179 votesAlice Speake: 833 votes District 4 William Parker (i): 1,501 votesJ.T. Moore: 830 votesCory Pettway: 430 votesScottie McClaney: 424 votesGwendolyn Cook Webb: 402 votes District 5 Darrell O'Quinn (i): 1,890 votesRichard Franklin: 638 votesHiram Rahim: 44 votesErica Robbins: 408 votesRoshanique Taylor: 198 votes District 6 Crystal Smitherman (i): 2,374 votesKeith Aaron: 1,021 votesKeith Williams: 172 votes District 7 Wardine Alexander (i): 2,042 votesLa'Toya Lee: 556 votesLonnie Malone: 1,096 votesDon Stone: 141 votes District 8 Carol Clarke: 1,531 votesBarbara Files-Kennedy: 260 votesLynette Peters: 81 votesCelida Soto: 394 votesAdlai Trone: 362 votesHarry Turner: 134 votesDenise Webber-Jenkins: 57 votesWanda Wright: 117 votes District 9 John Hilliard (i): 1,790 votesEric Hall: 562 votesDavid Russell: 224 votesLaTonya Tate: 1,097 votes