# 2021 Birmingham, Alabama, mayoral election

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The 2021 Birmingham mayoral election was held on August 24, 2021, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Incumbent Democratic mayor Randall Woodfin was re-elected to a second term.

## Background

Woodfin was first elected in 2017, defeating incumbent mayor William Bell in a runoff. He was a keynote speaker at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. During his first term, he faced criticism for furloughing some city employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, committing $3 million per year to the Protective Stadium, creating a city-funded scholarship program, and replacing Birmingham's police chief, though he has defended all the aforementioned decisions. In his reelection campaign, Woodfin primarily touted his accomplishments in renovating several dilapidated areas of the city and reforming the city's police department. A primary issue in the campaign was the results of the 2020 United States census, which showed that Huntsville had surpassed Birmingham as Alabama's most populous city. Woodfin believed that Birmingham's population loss was due to a brain drain, and pointed out that the aforementioned scholarship program could help keep high school graduates in the city.

## Candidates
### Confirmed

* Cerissa Brown, mental health advocate
* William Bell, former mayor
* Napoleon Gonzalez
* Philemon Hill, mechanical engineer and candidate for mayor in 2017
* Lashunda Scales, President pro tempore of the Jefferson County commission
* Darryl Williams, house refurbisher
* Randall Woodfin, incumbent mayor
* Chris Woods, businessman, former National Football League player, nephew of Abraham Woods, and candidate for mayor in 1995 and 2017

## Endorsements

PACs
* American Youth for Climate Action
* Future Generations PAC
State legislators
* John Rogers, state representative
Individuals
* Buck Johnson, former professional basketball player
U.S. Presidents
* Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States, former 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–2017), former U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973–2009)
U.S. Senators
* Cory Booker, U.S. Senator from New Jersey (2015–president) and candidate for president in 2020
* Doug Jones, former U.S. Senator from Alabama (2018–2021)
State legislators
* Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action and former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives
* Rolanda Hollis, state representative
Local officials
* Richard Arrington, former mayor of Birmingham
* Sheila Tyson, Jefferson County commissioner
* Hunter Williams, Birmingham city councillor
Individuals
* Nina Turner, activist, former Ohio State Senator and candidate for OH-11 in 2021
Organizations
* Alabama New South Coalition
* Central Alabama Labor Coalition
* College Democrats of Alabama
* High School Democrats of Alabama
* Human Rights Campaign
Labor unions
* Central Alabama AFL–CIO
* Communications Workers of America
PACs
* The Collective PAC
Judges
* U. W. Clemon, former justice on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

## Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Randall Woodfin | William Bell | Lashaunda Scales | Others | Undecided |
| Birmingham Times | May 11–June 4, 2021 | 250 (LV) | ± 6.2% | 52% | 10% | 11% | 4% | 23% |
| Chism Strategies | April 1–5, 2021 | 662 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 49% | 14% | 12% | 21% | – |

## Debates

2021 Birmingham mayoral election debates :
| No. | Date & Time | Host(s) | Moderator(s) | Link | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants |
| Key: P Participant  N Non-invitee  I Invitee | Key: P Participant  N Non-invitee  I Invitee | Key: P Participant  N Non-invitee  I Invitee | Key: P Participant  N Non-invitee  I Invitee | Key: P Participant  N Non-invitee  I Invitee | Brown | Bell | Gonzalez | Hill | Scales | Williams | Woodfin | Woods |
| 1 | August 13, 2021 | WVTM WATV | Lisa Crane | Video | N | P | N | N | P | N | P | P |
| 2 | August 17, 2021 6:30 p.m. CDT | Birmingham Times Summit Media CBS 42 WBHM Birmingham Association of Black Journalists | Janae Pierre | Video | P | P | N | P | P | P | P | N |

### Results

General election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Randall Woodfin (incumbent) | Randall Woodfin (incumbent) | 23,616 | 64.33 |
| Lashaunda Scales | Lashaunda Scales | 7,625 | 20.77 |
| William Bell | William Bell | 3,354 | 9.14 |
| Chris Woods | Chris Woods | 1,562 | 4.23 |
| Cerissa Brown | Cerissa Brown | 236 | 0.64 |
| Philemon Hill | Philemon Hill | 149 | 0.41 |
| Darryl Williams | Darryl Williams | 120 | 0.33 |
| Napoleon Gonzalez | Napoleon Gonzalez | 47 | 0.13 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 36,709 | 100.00 |