Birmingham Election Qualifying Ends This Week — Who’s In?

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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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