Sandra Brown (Alabama school board member)
Sandra Brown was a member of the Birmingham City Schools in Alabama, representing District 9. She assumed office in 2013. She left office on October 26, 2021.
Brown ran for re-election to the Birmingham City Schools to represent District 9 in Alabama. She won in the 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 9 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sandra Brown Incumbent |
68.10% | 3,136 |
| Lawrence Jackson | 31.90% | 1,469 |
| Total Votes | 4,605 | |
| Source: Birmingham, Alabama, "Official Summary Report: City of Birmingham Mayoral Election," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
2013
- See also: Birmingham City Schools elections (2013)
Brown defeated incumbent board member Emanuel B. Ford in the August 27, 2013 election for the school board's District 9 seat.
Election results
| Birmingham City Schools, District 9 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Sandra K. Brown Incumbent |
70.4% | 2,717 | |
| Nonpartisan | Emanuel B. Ford | 29.6% | 1,142 | |
| Total Votes | 3,859 | |||
| 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 Sandra K. Brown are available on the Alabama Secretary of State's website.
Endorsements
Brown did not receive any notable endorsements.
Recent news
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See also
- School Boards and School Board Elections
- Birmingham City Schools elections (2013)
- Alabama school districts
- List of school districts in Alabama
- Jefferson County, Alabama ballot measures
- Local ballot measures, Alabama
- Alabama
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