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Larry Contri
Larry Contri was a candidate for District 3 representative on the Birmingham City Schools school board in Alabama. Contri was defeated in the by-district general election on August 22, 2017.
Elections
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 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mary Boehm |
70.97% | 2,763 |
| Larry Contri | 29.03% | 1,130 |
| Total Votes | 3,893 | |
| Source: Birmingham, Alabama, "Official Summary Report: City of Birmingham Mayoral Election," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
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