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Terri Michal
Terri Michal was a member of the Birmingham City Schools in Alabama, representing District 2. She assumed office in 2017. She left office on October 26, 2021.
Michal ran for election to the Birmingham City Schools to represent District 2 in Alabama. She lost in the general runoff election on October 7, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: Birmingham City Schools, Alabama, elections (2025)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Birmingham City Schools District 2
Incumbent Neonta Williams defeated Terri Michal in the general runoff election for Birmingham City Schools District 2 on October 7, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Neonta Williams (Nonpartisan)  | 53.4 | 226 |
 | Terri Michal (Nonpartisan) | 46.6 | 197 | |
| Total votes: 423 | |||
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General election
General election for Birmingham City Schools District 2
Terri Michal and incumbent Neonta Williams advanced to a runoff. They defeated Anthony Jones in the general election for Birmingham City Schools District 2 on August 26, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Terri Michal (Nonpartisan) | 48.0 | 1,177 |
| ✔ | | Neonta Williams (Nonpartisan) | 26.2 | 642 |
 | Anthony Jones (Nonpartisan) | 25.8 | 631 | |
| Total votes: 2,450 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Michal in this election.
2021
See also: Birmingham City Schools, Alabama, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Birmingham City Schools District 2
Neonta Williams defeated incumbent Terri Michal in the general election for Birmingham City Schools District 2 on August 24, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Neonta Williams (Nonpartisan) | 56.2 | 2,066 |
| Terri Michal (Nonpartisan) | 43.8 | 1,608 | |
| Total votes: 3,674 | |||
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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 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Terri Michal |
50.15% | 1,719 |
| Brandon McCray | 49.85% | 1,709 |
| Total Votes | 3,428 | |
| Source: Birmingham, Alabama, "Official Summary Report: City of Birmingham Mayoral Election," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Terri Michal did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Terri Michal did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
