Terri Michal
Terri Michal is running for election to the Birmingham City Schools to represent District 2 in Alabama. She is on the ballot in the general runoff election on October 7, 2025. She advanced from the general election on August 26, 2025.
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.
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 and Terri Michal are running in the general runoff election for Birmingham City Schools District 2 on October 7, 2025.
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 | Neonta Williams (Nonpartisan)  | |
 | Terri Michal (Nonpartisan) | |
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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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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
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2021
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See also
2025 Elections
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