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Antwon Womack
Antwon Womack is running for election to the Birmingham City Schools to represent District 8 in Alabama. He is on the ballot in the general runoff election on October 7, 2025. He advanced from the general election on August 26, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: Birmingham City Schools, Alabama, elections (2025)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Birmingham City Schools District 8
Pamela Bass and Antwon Womack are running in the general runoff election for Birmingham City Schools District 8 on October 7, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Pamela Bass (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Antwon Womack (Nonpartisan) | |
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General election
General election for Birmingham City Schools District 8
Antwon Womack and Pamela Bass advanced to a runoff. They defeated Sybil Washington in the general election for Birmingham City Schools District 8 on August 26, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Antwon Womack (Nonpartisan) | 44.9 | 1,911 |
| ✔ | Pamela Bass (Nonpartisan) | 43.8 | 1,865 | |
| Sybil Washington (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 484 | ||
| Total votes: 4,260 | |||
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2024
See also: Alabama state legislative special elections, 2023
Democratic primary runoff election
Special Democratic primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 55
Travis Hendrix defeated Sylvia Swayne in the special Democratic primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 55 on October 24, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Travis Hendrix | 65.1 | 2,368 |
 | Sylvia Swayne | 34.9 | 1,270 | |
| Total votes: 3,638 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 55
The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 55 on September 26, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Travis Hendrix | 27.9 | 670 |
| ✔ | | Sylvia Swayne | 21.5 | 516 |
| Phyllis Oden-Jones | 20.2 | 487 | ||
 | Cara McClure | 15.2 | 365 | |
| Ves Marable | 7.5 | 180 | ||
| Kenneth Coachman | 4.4 | 106 | ||
| Antwon Womack | 3.4 | 81 | |
| Total votes: 2,405 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Alabama House of Representatives District 55
Fred Plump won election in the general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 55 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Fred Plump (D) | 99.3 | 10,018 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 67 | ||
| Total votes: 10,085 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 55
Fred Plump defeated incumbent Rod Scott in the Democratic primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 55 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Fred Plump | 50.9 | 952 |
 | Rod Scott | 49.1 | 919 | |
| Total votes: 1,871 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 55
Incumbent Rod Scott and Fred Plump advanced to a runoff. They defeated Phyllis Oden-Jones, Travis Hendrix, and Antwon Womack in the Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 55 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rod Scott | 25.1 | 1,212 |
| ✔ | | Fred Plump | 22.3 | 1,080 |
| Phyllis Oden-Jones | 21.4 | 1,032 | ||
| Travis Hendrix | 18.9 | 915 | |
| Antwon Womack | 12.3 | 594 | |
| Total votes: 4,833 | |||
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2021
See also: Birmingham City Schools, Alabama, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Birmingham City Schools District 8
Incumbent Sonja Smith defeated Antwon Womack, Antoinette King, and Curtis Tyrone Robinson in the general election for Birmingham City Schools District 8 on August 24, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sonja Smith (Nonpartisan) | 62.3 | 2,469 |
| Antwon Womack (Nonpartisan) | 18.8 | 746 | |
| Antoinette King (Nonpartisan) | 12.4 | 490 | ||
| Curtis Tyrone Robinson (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 260 | ||
| Total votes: 3,965 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Alabama House of Representatives District 55
Incumbent Rod Scott won election in the general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 55 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rod Scott (D) | 99.4 | 13,109 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 80 | ||
| Total votes: 13,189 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 55
Incumbent Rod Scott defeated Antwon Womack and Quang Do in the Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 55 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rod Scott | 61.0 | 3,311 |
| Antwon Womack | 22.6 | 1,227 | |
| Quang Do | 16.3 | 886 | ||
| Total votes: 5,424 | |||
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2017
- See also: Birmingham City Schools elections (2017)
All nine seats on the Birmingham City Schools Board of Education in Alabama were up for by-district election on August 22, 2017. The races drew 32 candidates, including four incumbents who filed to retain their seats. Thirty-one candidates appeared on the ballot. Runoff elections for Districts 1, 4, 5, 7, and 8 were scheduled for October 3, 2017, after no candidates in those races received a majority of the votes.[1]
In the general election, District 6 incumbent Cheri Gardner defeated former candidate Ervin Philemon Hill Sr. Incumbent Sandra Brown was re-elected after facing newcomer Lawrence Jackson for the District 9 seat. District 2 newcomer Terri Michal defeated fellow newcomer Brandon McCray. District 3 candidate Mary Boehm defeated former Birmingham City Schools interim Superintendent Larry Contri.[1]
During the runoff election, District 1 former candidate Douglas Ragland defeated newcomer Cedric Small. They defeated former candidates Jerry Tate and Keith Rice and newcomer Bennie Holmes in the general election. District 4 incumbent Daagye Hendricks was re-elected after facing former board member Edward Maddox. They defeated Amber Courtney in the general election. Newcomer Michael Millsap defeated fellow newcomer David McKinney for the District 5 seat. They defeated former candidate Martha McDowell and newcomers Aaisha Muhammad, Eloise Manning Crenshaw, Lt. Buford Burks, Andrea Mitchell, and Angela Scoggins-Watson in the general election. Challengers Patricia Spigner McAdory and Walter "Big Walt" Wilson advanced to a runoff election after defeating incumbent Wardine Alexander in the race for the District 7 seat. Spigner McAdory won the seat. Sonja Smith defeated Patricia Bozeman-Henderson for the District 8 seat. They defeated former candidate Antwon Womack and newcomer Tyrone Silmon in the general election.[2]
| Birmingham City Schools, District 8 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sonja Smith |
31.46% | 1,253 |
| Patricia Bozeman-Henderson |
29.58% | 1,178 |
| Tyrone Silmon | 27.44% | 1,093 |
| Antwon Womack | 11.52% | 459 |
| Total Votes | 3,983 | |
| Source: Birmingham, Alabama, "Official Summary Report: City of Birmingham Mayoral Election," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
2013
- See also: Birmingham City Schools elections (2013)
Womack sought election to the District 8 seat against incumbent April Myers Williams and Patricia Bozeman-Henderson. The election took place on Tuesday, August 27, 2013.
Election results
On August 27, 2013, April Meyers Williams defeated Patricia Bozeman-Henderson and Antwon B. Womack for the District 8 seat on the Birmingham City Schools Board of Education.
| Birmingham City Schools, District 8 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | April Myers Williams Incumbent |
58.1% | 1,785 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Bozeman-Henderson | 34.9% | 1,071 | |
| Nonpartisan | Antwon B. Womack | 7% | 216 | |
| Total Votes | 3,072 | |||
| Source: Birmingham Office of the City Clerk, "City Election - August 27, 2013," accessed August 28, 2013 These results are unofficial and not certified. They will be updated once certified results are available. | ||||
Funding
No campaign donations or expenditures for Antwon B. Womack are available on the Alabama Secretary of State's website.
Endorsements
Womack did not receive any official endorsements.
2009
In 2009, The Birmingham News uncovered that Womack had claimed in campaign material to be a graduate of West End High School and to have received a bachelor's degree from Alabama A&M, however both of these claims proved to be untrue. Womack also falsely claimed to have earned the titles of "Doctor" and "Bishop." Womack admitted wrongdoing, but remained in the race after initially dropping out. He eventually finishing fourth in the election. On August 25, 2009, Womack was defeated by Willie James Maye, Jr. for the District 8 seat on the Birmingham City School Board.[3]
| Birmingham City School Board, District 8, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Willie James Maye, Jr. Incumbent |
38.9% | 1,359 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ervin Philemon Hill | 22.2% | 774 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joe B. Bridges, Jr. | 2.7% | 93 | |
| Nonpartisan | Antwon B. Womack | 3.3% | 117 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gwendolyn "Gwen" Bell | 32.9% | 1,150 | |
| Total Votes | 3,493 | |||
Campaign themes
2025
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2024
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2022
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2021
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2013
Womack identified the following campaign themes on his Facebook campaign page:[4]
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"Here are the top three issues that voters share concern with facing our schools: School Board Governance, Financial Stability, and Communication between the Board and the Community. I am asking for your support to bring back stability in the decreasing lost of student population, failure to secure certified and qualified professional staff, partnership between the school system and local businesses."[5] |
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Birmingham City Schools District 8 |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 AL.com, "Birmingham municipal election: Final numbers are in, winners declared," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Birmingham, Alabama, "General Municipal Runoff Official Report," accessed October 11, 2017
- ↑ Office of the City Clerk, "2009 Municipal Election Results," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ Facebook "Antwon Womack for Birmingham Board of Education District 8," accessed Aug. 19, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
