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David McKinney
David McKinney ran for election to the Birmingham City Schools to represent District 5 in Alabama. He lost in the general election on August 24, 2021.
Elections
2021
See also: Birmingham City Schools, Alabama, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Birmingham City Schools District 5
James A. Sullivan defeated David McKinney in the general election for Birmingham City Schools District 5 on August 24, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James A. Sullivan (Nonpartisan)  | 53.5 | 1,887 |
 | David McKinney (Nonpartisan) | 46.5 | 1,637 | |
| Total votes: 3,524 | |||
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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 5 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Michael Millsap |
56.57% | 2,571 |
| David McKinney | 43.43% | 1,974 |
| Total Votes | 4,545 | |
| Source: Birmingham, Alabama, "General Municipal Runoff Official Report," accessed October 11, 2017 | ||
| Birmingham City Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Michael Millsap |
30.16% | 1,236 |
| David McKinney |
15.40% | 631 |
| Martha McDowell | 13.84% | 567 |
| Aaisha Muhammad | 11.62% | 476 |
| Angela Scoggins-Watson | 9.18% | 376 |
| Andrea Mitchell | 8.13% | 333 |
| Eloise Manning Crenshaw | 8.05% | 330 |
| Buford Burks | 3.64% | 149 |
| Total Votes | 4,098 | |
| Source: Birmingham, Alabama, "Official Summary Report: City of Birmingham Mayoral Election," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2021
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
