Birmingham, Ala., held a municipal general election on Aug. 24. Candidates ran in nonpartisan elections for mayor and all nine seats on the city council. The filing deadline to run passed on July 10.
Voters re-elected Mayor Randall L. Woodfin to a second term. He defeated seven other candidates in the nonpartisan mayoral race, earning 64.3% of the vote.
Voters re-elected incumbents in six out of eight districts where an incumbent was running, with one race remaining too close to call as of Aug 25. In District 4, incumbent William Parker and challenger J.T. Moore will face each other in a general runoff election after no candidate in the race earned more than 50% of the vote. The general runoff will take place on Oct. 5.
Carol Clarke won the sole open seat on the council in District 8 with 51.7% of the vote, defeating seven other candidates.
The City Council District 1 race was canceled after incumbent Clinton Woods was the sole candidate who filed to run.
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama by population and the 99th-largest city in the U.S.
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