Politics & Government
Alexander Wins Re-Election In District 7 Runoff
Incumbent Wardine Alexander defeated challenger Ray Brooks in a runoff for the District 7 seat in the Birmingham City Council.
BIRMINGHAM, AL — Wardine Alexander, the incumbent District 7 representative in the Birmingham City Council, won her bid for re-election Tuesday night. Alexander defeated challenger Ray Brooks in a runoff, getting 859 votes to Brooks' 751.
Brooks, a former Birmingham fire chief, currently sits on the Birmingham Housing Authority board, previously ran for mayor in 2007 and unsuccessfully applied to fill a council vacancy after District 7 Councilor Miriam Witherspoon died in 2009.
Alexander, a former Birmingham City Board of Education president, was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Jay Roberson last year.
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