2008 Jefferson County municipal elections

2008 Jefferson County municipal elections will be held August 26, 2008. On the day of the election remnants of the weather system that made landfall as Tropical Storm Fay were lingering over the region.

The following are the contests in cities and towns in Jefferson County. See 2008 municipal elections for contests in other counties.

Adamsville

• Mayor: Pam Palmer avoided a runoff by garnering 672 votes (56%) to replace the retiring Terry Loggins. Stephen Adams (235 votes) finished second in the race. Johnny Click (163 votes) and Terrell Guy (138 votes) also ran.

• Council:
  • Ward 1: Anthony Brooklere (150 votes) defeated Mickey McGehee (43 votes) for the open seat.
  • Ward 2: Reginald Crawford (109 votes) and incumbent Ed Scott (103 votes) advanced to a runoff, eliminating Gary Herron (22 votes).
  • Ward 3: Incumbent Tammy Abston (164 votes) held off a challenge by Joy Ann Perry (109 votes).
  • Ward 4: Ron Mosley (135 votes) narrowly defeated incumbent Timothy Buckelew (131 votes).
  • Ward 5: Yohance Owens ran unopposed and was certified on July 28.

Brighton

• Mayor: Angelo Hinkle (284 votes) and Rhonda Bean (189 votes) advanced to a runoff, eliminating incumbent mayor Eddie Cooper (181 votes) and Erskine Davis (69 votes).

• Council:
  • Place 1: Incumbent Joseph Edwards ran unopposed and was certified on August 5.
  • Place 2: Barbara Watkins (339 votes) and Jerome McMullin, Jr (295 votes) advanced to a runoff, eliminating Susie Bender (89 votes)
  • Place 3: Incumbent Cora Smith (369 votes) held off a challenge by Andrea Tubbs (332 votes)
  • Place 4: Tom Henderson ran unopposed and was certified on August 5. (Barbara Watkins had previously challenged him, but instead ran in Place 2)
  • Place 5: Annie Woods (258 votes) and Lonnie Murry (238 votes) advanced to a runoff, eliminating Monroe Holloway (225 votes) in a tight three-way race.

Brookside

• Mayor: Current mayor Roger McCondichie is running unopposed, as is the current city council.
• Council:
  • Place 1: Dennis Cordell
  • Place 2: David Butler
  • Place 3: Terry Bensko
  • Place 4: Daryl Burr
  • Place 5: Michael Gooch

Cardiff

• Mayor: Gregory Moore, Jr
• Council:
  • Place 1: Matthew Williams
  • Place 2: Timothy Mitchell
  • Place 3: Peggy Sue Williams
  • Place 4: Jonathan Manning
  • Place 5: Shirley Mitchell

Center Point

• Mayor: 2-term mayor Tom Henderson defeated challenger Frederick Burkes 976 votes to 155.
• Council:
  • District 1: Danny King
  • District 2: Linda Kennemur
  • District 3: Roger Barlow (incumbent), defeated challenger Malcolm Pepper 934-182
  • District 4: Raymond Olan
  • District 5: Terry Leesburg

Clay

• Mayor: Ed McGuffie defeated incumbent Charles Hart and challengers Vic Aldridge and Dean Kirkner. McGuffie garnered 51% of the vote and thereby won without a runoff. Hart had 36%, Kirkner, a current City Councilman, got 10% and Aldridge got 5%. In all 1,174 of Clay's 6,026 registered voters (29%) turned out for the election.

• Council:
  • Place 1: Chuck McGuffie (son of the mayor-elect) kept his Council seat with 63% of the vote. Ricky Farmer and Keith Waterhouse were the unsuccessful challengers.
  • Place 2: Kevin Small defeated Jeff Cole by earning 56% of the vote.
  • Place 3: Charles Webster ran unopposed.
  • Place 4: L. B. Feemster defeated Lou Ann Chestnut with 54% of the vote.
  • Place 5: Jackie Hambrick won easily over Stan Gilbreath with 60% of votes cast.

Fairfield

• Mayor: Kenneth Coachman (867 votes) and Johnnie Wyatt (444 votes) advanced to a runoff ahead of incumbent Michael Johnson (431 votes) and challengers Charles Willis, Jr (428 votes) and Gloria Matthews.

• Council:
  • Council President: Incumbent Eldridge Turner (966 votes) and Darnell Gardner (813 votes) advanced to a runoff, eliminating Howard Cook (440 votes) from the race.
  • District 1: Incumbent Frederick Scott (237 votes) held off challengers Marion Evans (134 votes) and Princess Kemp (64 votes)
  • District 2: Incumbent Vincent Smith (124 votes) held off challenger Primus Mack (89 votes)
  • District 3: Incumbent William Murray (162 votes) held off challengers Harry Lee (101 votes), Calvin Biggers (27 votes), and Dennis Devaris (3 votes)
  • District 4: Ronald Struthers (284 votes) defeated incumbent William Yow (208 votes)
  • District 5: Jerry Yarbrough (192 votes) won the open seat over Raymond Childs (109 votes), Larry Williams (32 votes), and Marvin Hill (21 votes)
  • District 6: Ves Marable (230 votes) defeated incumbent Willie Hardley, Jr (208 votes)

Fultondale

With no qualified challengers for the full slate of incumbents, Fultondale did not hold an election.

• Mayor: Jim Lowery
• Council:
  • Billy Howell
  • Joe Bolton
  • Darrell Hubbert
  • Tommy Loden
  • Greg Morris

Gardendale

• Mayor: Oscar Mann (1,256 votes) and Othell Phillips (1,028) votes advanced to a runoff, defeating Jonathan Dunagan, Dennis Gamble and Matthew Wright in the 5-way race to replace the retiring three-term mayor Kenny Clemmons.

• Council:
  • Ward 1: Courtney Cooper, Tim Howell, Patt Smith, Peggy Tumlin (incumbent)
  • Ward 2: Mike "Buckett" Burkett, Tim Clayton, Jody Jones, Gary Morris (incumbent)
  • Ward 3: Jerome Cantrell, Alvin Currington, Tony Davis, Lynn Dodson
  • Ward 4: Billy Flippo (incumbent), Larry Gothard, Faith Harper, Tommy Jett
  • Ward 5: Chip Hallmark, David Morris, incumbent Wendell Phillips, Tim White

Graysville

• Mayor: Incumbent Doug Brewer is being challenged by Dorothy Hawthorne and Randy Teeter.
• Council:
  • District 1: Anthony King
  • District 2: Louella "Jill" Kelley (incumbent), James Fortenberry
  • District 3: Bobby Brown (incumbent), Cyndi Summerlin Calhoun, Greg Pridmore
  • District 4: Steve Hardin (incumbent), Wanda Nation
  • District 5: Bill Billits, Mary Sue Morgan, Sherrie Simmons
  • District 6: Roy Linn, Jr

Homewood

• Mayor: Scott McBrayer successfully challenged three-term incumbent Barry McCulley, winning 72 percent of the vote (1,964 to 769)
• Council:
  • Ward 1
    • Place 1: Anthony Smith (unopposed, certified July 28)
    • Place 2: Thomas Hamner, Jr, Sam Scott
  • Ward 2
    • Place 1: Allyn Krall (unopposed, certified July 28)
    • Place 2: Vance Moody (unopposed, certified July 28)
  • Ward 3
    • Place 1: J. J. Bischoff (unopposed, certified July 28)
    • Place 2: Walter Jones, Frank Martin
  • Ward 4
    • Place 1: Hunter Payne, Sam Brasseale
    • Place 2: David Hooks (unopposed, certified July 28)
  • Ward 5
    • Place 1: Jackie Langlow (unopposed, certified July 28)
    • Place 2: Allan Trippe (unopposed, certified July 28)

Hoover

• Mayor: Tony Petelos is unopposed for his second term.
• Council:
  • Place 1: Trey Lott, unopposed
  • Place 2: Gene Smith, unopposed
  • Place 3: Mari Morrison, unopposed
  • Place 4: Gary Ivey, unopposed
  • Place 5: Jack Wright, unopposed
  • Place 6: Brian Skelton, unopposed (Vyvette Isabelle withdrew)
  • Place 7: John Green III (1,058 votes) and Jimmie Brown (903 votes) earned runoff spots in the race to replace retiring Councilor Mike Natter. Rusty Creel finished third with 692 votes. George Davis withdrew from the race before the election.

Hueytown

• Mayor: Delor Baumann (unopposed)
• Council:
  • District 1: Carole Marks (unopposed)
  • District 2: Michael Pickens (unopposed)
  • District 3: Phifer Crane (unopposed)
  • District 4: Philip Contorno (unopposed)
  • District 5: Incumbent Ray Robertson is being challenged by John Skates.

Irondale

• Mayor: Incumbent Tommy Joe Alexander received 60% of the vote to keep the office without a runoff. He was challenged by former mayor David Krider (18%) and then-city councilors John Schoen (14%) and Joan Ratchford (7%).

• Council:
  • District 1: John London, James Stewart
  • District 2: Robert Saunders, Bobby Joe Wilson
  • District 3: Pete Crye, Craig Sanderson
  • District 4: Terry Bearden, Mark Peavy
  • District 5: Donna Pike, Christopher Crews

Kimberly

• Mayor: Sam Maze is not seeking re-election after 6 terms. Candidates are Ralph Lindsey and Brian Pharris.
• Council:
  • Place 1: James Ric Chandler, Craig Harris
  • Place 2: Betty Jo Goodwin, Brad Stark
  • Place 3: Donna Smith Cude, Herschel Suddeth
  • Place 4: Diane Dake, Lowell Holland
  • Place 5: Bob Ellerbrock

Leeds

• Mayor: Eric Patterson garnered 1,355 votes to defeat incumbent mayor Tac Whitfield (568 votes) and Councilor Carol Phillips (419 votes) without a runoff. The 2,436 votes cast in the election were a record for the city.

Lipscomb

• Mayor: Melanie Bouyer earned 203 of 355 votes cast to win the mayoral race without a runoff. Deborah Miller, the incumbent appointed by Governor Bob Riley to fill a vacancy, earned only 99 votes. Challengers Theodus Sanders and Bobby Lucas garnered 29 and 24 votes, respectively.

• Council:
  • District 1: Lilly Kennedy
  • District 2: Benny Ragland
  • District 3: Tonja Baldwin
  • District 4: Brenda Renz
  • District 5: Geraldine Hotzel, Frederick Newell, Melinda Richburg

Maytown

• Mayor: incumbent Ann Goolsby
• Council:
  • Place 1: Gwin Wilder
  • Place 2: Charlotte Sparks
  • Place 3: incumbent Ramona Martin
  • Place 4: incumbent Willie Rowe
  • Place 5: incumbent Michael Wilder

Midfield

• Mayor: Richard Shows
• City Council:

Morris

• Mayor: Craig Drummonds is being challenged by Jay Strickland
• Council:
  • Place 1: Clovis Laney
  • Place 2: Joe Pylant
  • Place 3: Ray Densomre
  • Place 4: Lynn Posey Aguirre
  • Place 5: Phillip Dillard

Mountain Brook

• Mayor: Terry Oden ran unopposed for a fourth term as mayor.

• Council:
  • Place 2: Jack Carl (1,647 votes) defeated Kelly Bownes (1,008) to succeed three-term incumbent Tom Clark, who withdrew from the race in July.
  • Place 4: Incumbent Virginia Smith ran unopposed.

Mulga

• Mayor: Johnathan "Johnny" Lankford and Brenda Hill Jordan are challenging incumbent Dennis McCrary
• Council:
  • District 1: Debra Coe, Michelle Randall
  • District 2: Joy Smith
  • District 3: Susann Renee Adkins, Bonnie Varner Maharrey
  • District 4: Wayne Jones
  • District 5: Robyn Whatley, John Shore, Kimberly Dye

Pinson

• Mayor: Hoyt Sanders
• Council:
  • Place 1: Dawn Tanner, Michael Brad Walker
  • Place 2: Joe Cochran
  • Place 3: Cathy Leslie, Paul David Meadows, Shane Shelnutt
  • Place 4: John Churchwell
  • Place 5: Joy Clayton

Pleasant Grove

• Mayor: Ronald Capps, Roland "Joey" Douglas II and Veta Agee are challenging inumbent Jerry Brasseale
• Council:
  • Place 1: Clay Custred, Phillip Houston
  • Place 2: Gerald Davis, Angela Lewis, James Mosley
  • Place 3: Terrie Hicks
  • Place 4: Jay Henson, Paula Johnson, Sherian Minor
  • Place 5: William "Skeeter" Bullion

Sylvan Springs

• Mayor: Johnny Carver, Stevan Parsons (incumbent)
• Council:
  • District 1: Charles Larry Smith (i).
  • District 2: Tammy Jo Eaton Bousack (incumbent)
  • District 3: G. M. "Mike" Thompson (incumbent)
  • District 4: Dennis Brand (incumbent)
  • District 5: Rickey Jones (incumbent)

Tarrant

• Mayor: Incumbent Loxcil Tuck won 63% of the vote, easily defeating four challengers. Tarrant police officer Margaret Ingram led the rest of the pack with 33%. Michael Miller earned 35 votes. Tina Churchwell Ingram had five and Antwon Womack had four.

• Council:
  • District 1: Annette Dunner, incumbent Dennis Middlebrooks
  • District 2: Laura Horton
  • District 3: W. L. "Junior" Jenkins (incumbent),Randy Alden Manning, Patrice Williams
  • District 4: Incumbent Joe Matthews, George Allen Parker
  • District 5: John Tommy Bryant, Dell Marie Walker-Ellis

Trafford

• Mayor: Clint Daniels, Robert Niblett, Brenda Reno, Kenneth Sanders, Otis Young
• Council:
  • Place 1: William Motes, Jo Ann Niblett
  • Place 2: Micki Aaron, Tim Waddell
  • Place 3: Alan Camp (incumbent)
  • Place 4: Kim Young Hayes (incumbent)
  • Place 5: Corace Cole, Debra Little Miller

Trussville

• Mayor: Gene Melton won a fourth term as mayor, successfully defending his office from challenger Jim Robinson by a 2,202 to 1,198-vote margin (65%).

• Council:
  • Place 1: Wayne Quick, Wayne Tayor (incumbent)
  • Place 2: Buddy Aydelette (incumbent)
  • Place 3: Jonathan Barbee, Buddy Choat
  • Place 4: Rob Meadows, Brian Plant (incumbent)
  • Place 5: Wayne Davenport, Anthony Montalto, Susan Rochester

Vestavia Hills

• Mayor: Butch Zaragoza was certified as the mayor-elect after challenger Dan Calloway dropped out of the race on July 17. Current mayor Scotty McCallum did not run for re-election.

• Council:
  • Place 1: Incumbent Mary Lee Rice ran unopposed.
  • Place 2: Incumbent Jim Sharp (1,861 votes) handily defeated challenger Don Harwell (806 votes).
  • Place 3: Steve Ammons (1,826 votes) defeated David Harwell (852 votes) for the open seat.
  • Place 4: George Pierce (1,446 votes) defeated Chris Pilleteri (1,187 votes) for the open seat.
  • Place 5: Incumbent David Carrington ran unopposed.

Warrior

• Mayor: Oscar Turner, Rena Hudson (incumbent)
• Council:
  • District 1
    • Place 1: Jerry Bailey (incumbent)
    • Place 2: Brad Fuller (incumbent), Joel Washington
    • Place 3: Theodore Hines (incumbent)
  • District 2
    • Place 1: Cecil Wayne Bailey, James Jett (incumbent)
    • Place 2: Johnny Ragland (incumbent)

West Jefferson

• Mayor: Retired West Jefferson Utility Supervisor Charles Nix defeated Troy Ford (incumbent) with 64% of the vote.
• Council:
  • Place 1: John Michael Colburn (incumbent) defeated David Brasfield
  • Place 2: Aaron Edwards (incumbent), Larry Rollins, Peggy Davies
  • Place 3: Spencer Tuggle (incumbent) defeated Larry Davis
  • Place 4: Charles Wayne Hughes (incumbent) defeated Thomas Bruce Bookout
  • Place 5: Smokey Parker (incumbent) defeated William Bubba Grantham

References

• "Municipal election results database" (Aug. 26, 2008) AL.com (accessed Aug. 27, 2008).
• "Candidates seek municipal offices." (July 3, 2008) Birmingham News.
• Thornton, William (July 15, 2008) "Mountain Brook Mayor Terry Oden, 71, seeking fourth term." Birmingham News.
• Gordon, Robert K. (July 16, 2008) "Mayoral exits intriguing races in Jefferson, Shelby." Birmingham News.
• "Candidates seek municial offices." (July 16, 2008) Birmingham News.
• "Complete list of qualifiers for Aug. 26 municipal elections in Jefferson and Shelby counties" (July 16, 2008) AL.com (accessed July 20, 2008).