Birmingham Election Qualifying Ends This Week — Who’s In?
Qualifying for Birmingham city elections ends this week, and the list of candidates so far includes several incumbents and other familiar names.
Council incumbents Lashunda Scales, Kim Rafferty, Valerie Abbott, Sheila Tyson and Jay Roberson have all qualified to run. Among school board incumbents, Cheri Gardner, Wardine Alexander, and Sandra Brown have qualified.
City Councilman Marcus Lundy is not seeking re-election. His seat on District 9 has attracted five candidates so far, including Roderick Royal, who previously represented the district, and John Hilliard, a former state representative.
Qualifying ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 7. (UPDATE: Click here to see those who qualified by the deadline).
The qualifying fee for mayoral candidates is $300, council is $50, and school board is $100. Candidates must qualify in the Jefferson County Probate Court.
As of Friday evening, 40 people had qualified to run for mayor, council, or school board.
Here’s the current list of candidates:
Mayor
Christopher Wyatt Woods
Lanny Edward Jackson
Ronaldo Merrell Davis
Randall Lee Woodfin
Council District 1
Lashunda Scales
Sherman Collins
School Board District 1
Bennie M. Holmes
Cedric Small
Council District 2
Kimberly Rafferty
Thomas Hunter Molton Williams
Tyrone Williams
Council District 3
Joseph Ryan Jones
Valerie Abbott
School Board District 3
Mary Boehm
Larry Contri
School Board District 4
Amber Marie Courtney
Council District 5
Dorothea Crosby
Eloise Manning
Darrell O’Quinn
David Schatz
Robert Walker
School Board District 5
Michael Millsap Jr.
Aaisha Muhammad
David McKinney
Buford Burkes
Council District 6
Sheila Tyson
Keith Williams
School Board District 6
Cheri Adams Gardner
Council District 7
Lonnie Malone
Jay Roberson
School Board District 7
Patricia McAdory
Wardine Alexander
Council District 8
Lynette Peters
School Board District 8
Antwon Womack
Council District 9
Reginald Swanson
David Russell
Roderick Van Royal
Wendell Warren Major
John Randall Hilliard
School Board District 9
Sandra Kelley Brown
NOTE: In some races, no candidates have qualified.
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