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Lonnie Malone
Lonnie Malone ran for election to the Birmingham City Council to represent District 7 in Alabama. He lost in the general election on August 26, 2025.
Biography
Malone received a G.E.D. and a bachelor's degree in computer information systems. His professional experience includes working as an IT engineer and as executive director of The Effective Family, Inc.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Birmingham, Alabama (2025)
General election
General election for Birmingham City Council District 7
Incumbent Wardine Alexander defeated Lonnie Malone in the general election for Birmingham City Council District 7 on August 26, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wardine Alexander (Nonpartisan) | 82.6 | 2,262 |
 | Lonnie Malone (Nonpartisan) | 17.4 | 475 | |
| Total votes: 2,737 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Malone in this election.
2021
See also: City elections in Birmingham, Alabama (2021)
General election
General election for Birmingham City Council District 7
Incumbent Wardine Alexander defeated Lonnie Malone, La’Toya Lee, and Don Stone in the general election for Birmingham City Council District 7 on August 24, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wardine Alexander (Nonpartisan) | 53.0 | 2,279 |
| Lonnie Malone (Nonpartisan) | 28.2 | 1,213 | |
| La’Toya Lee (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 616 | ||
| Don Stone (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 194 | ||
| Total votes: 4,302 | |||
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2019
See also: City elections in Birmingham, Alabama (2019)
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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2017
The city of Birmingham, Alabama, held elections for mayor and city council on August 22, 2017. A runoff was held on October 3, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 7, 2017.
Incumbent Jay Roberson defeated Lonnie Malone, Jeff Rowser, Hosea Lewis, and Titus Battle in the Birmingham City Council District 7 general election.[2]
| Birmingham City Council, District 7 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jay Roberson Incumbent |
58.06% | 2,670 |
| Lonnie Malone | 20.92% | 962 |
| Jeff Rowser | 10.63% | 489 |
| Hosea Lewis | 6.33% | 291 |
| Titus Battle | 4.07% | 187 |
| Total Votes | 4,599 | |
| Source: City of Birmingham, "General Election Results," August 29, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lonnie Malone did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Lonnie Malone did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lonnie Malone did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Malone participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of municipal government candidates.[3] The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | To eliminate crime. To rebuild the school programs[4] | ” |
| —Lonnie Malone (July 26, 2017)[1] | ||
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important: city services (trash, utilities, etc.), civil rights, crime reduction/prevention, environment, government transparency, homelessness, housing, K-12 education, public pensions/retirement funds, recreational opportunities, transportation, and unemployment. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important.
| Issue importance ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate's ranking |
Issue | Candidate's ranking |
Issue |
| Crime reduction/prevention | Homelessness | ||
| K-12 education | Civil rights | ||
| Housing | Government transparency | ||
| Unemployment | City services (trash, utilities, etc.) | ||
| Transportation | Environment | ||
| Recreational opportunities | Public pensions/retirement funds | ||
Nationwide municipal issues
The candidate was asked to answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions.
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| Very important | |
| Federal | |
| All answers must work together. | |
| Focusing on small business development | |
| The potential of growth | |
| A balance to the Educational & Financial system |
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey, 2017, "Lonnie Malone's Responses," July 26, 2017
- ↑ AL.com, "Meet the candidates for Birmingham City Council," July 7, 2017
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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