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City elections in Birmingham, Alabama (2019)
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| 2019 Birmingham elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: August 23, 2019 |
| General election: October 8, 2019 Runoff election: November 19, 2019 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: City Council |
| Total seats up: 3 |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2019 |
The city of Birmingham, Alabama, held special elections for the city council's District 1, District 6, and District 7 seats on October 8, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was August 23, 2019. A runoff election was scheduled for November 19, 2019.[1][2]
Vacancies in the District 1, District 6, and District 7 seats were previously filled through appointments. Clinton Woods, Crystal Smitherman, and Wardine Alexander were named to the seats, respectively. The special elections were needed to fill the seats on a permanent basis.
Elections
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Candidates and results
District 1
General election
Special general election for Birmingham City Council District 1
Incumbent Clinton Woods defeated Sherman Collins Jr. and Haki Jamaal Muhammad in the special general election for Birmingham City Council District 1 on October 8, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Clinton Woods (Nonpartisan) | 71.3 | 1,765 | |
| Sherman Collins Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 27.1 | 670 | ||
| Haki Jamaal Muhammad (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 41 | ||
| Total votes: 2,476 | |||
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District 6
General election
Special general election for Birmingham City Council District 6
The following candidates ran in the special general election for Birmingham City Council District 6 on October 8, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Crystal Smitherman (Nonpartisan) | 51.5 | 1,287 | |
| Onoyemi Williams (Nonpartisan) | 15.2 | 380 | ||
| Carlos Chaverst (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 349 | ||
| LaTanya Millhouse (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 265 | ||
| Clarence Muhammad (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 127 | ||
| Willine Body (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 50 | ||
 | Keith Williams (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 41 | |
| Total votes: 2,499 | |||
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District 7
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Birmingham City Council District 7
Incumbent Wardine Alexander defeated Ray Brooks in the special general runoff election for Birmingham City Council District 7 on November 19, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wardine Alexander (Nonpartisan) | 53.6 | 869 |
| Ray Brooks (Nonpartisan) | 46.4 | 751 | ||
| Total votes: 1,620 | |||
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General election
Special general election for Birmingham City Council District 7
Incumbent Wardine Alexander and Ray Brooks advanced to a runoff. They defeated Lonnie Malone in the special general election for Birmingham City Council District 7 on October 8, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wardine Alexander (Nonpartisan) | 42.4 | 1,159 |
| ✔ | Ray Brooks (Nonpartisan) | 30.9 | 844 | |
 | Lonnie Malone (Nonpartisan) | 26.7 | 730 | |
| Total votes: 2,733 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballot measures
• Proposition 1: Birmingham 42-Cent Property Tax for Public Schools 
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing Birmingham to continue to levy a property tax in the amount of $0.42 per $100 of taxable property for 25 years in order to fund public schools. |
| A no vote was a vote against authorizing Birmingham to continue to levy a property tax in the amount of $0.42 per $100 of taxable property for 25 years, thereby allowing the tax to expire after 2021. |
• Proposition 2: Birmingham 28-Cent Property Tax Continuation for Public Schools
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing Birmingham to continue to levy a property tax in the amount of $0.28 per $100 of taxable property for 25 years in order to fund public schools. |
| A no vote was a vote against authorizing Birmingham to continue to levy a property tax in the amount of $0.28 per $100 of taxable property for 25 years, thereby allowing the tax to expire after 2021. |
• Proposition 3: Birmingham 28-Cent Property Tax Continuation to Pay Public School Bonds
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing Birmingham to continue to levy a property tax in the amount of $0.28 per $100 of taxable property for 25 years in order to pay bonds that were issued for purposes related to public schools. |
| A no vote was a vote against authorizing Birmingham to continue to levy a property tax in the amount of $0.28 per $100 of taxable property for 25 years, thereby allowing the tax to expire after 2021. |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Alabama elections, 2019
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About the city
- See also: Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama. As of 2010, its population was 212,237.
City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Birmingham uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[3]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Birmingham, Alabama | ||
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| Birmingham | Alabama | |
| Population | 212,237 | 4,779,736 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 146 | 50,646 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 25.8% | 68.1% |
| Black/African American | 69.9% | 26.6% |
| Asian | 1.1% | 1.4% |
| Native American | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| Other (single race) | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Multiple | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 86.7% | 86.2% |
| College graduation rate | 27.4% | 25.5% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $37,375 | $50,536 |
| Persons below poverty level | 25.9% | 16.7% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Alabama are Pivot Counties.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Democratic 53.33 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ AL.com, "Who qualified for Oct. 8 election for three Birmingham council seats?" August 23, 2019
- ↑ AL.com, "Birmingham renews school tax; District 7 goes to runoff in November," October 9, 2019
- ↑ City of Birmingham, "Mayor-Council Act," accessed October 28, 2014
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