Mobile county held its 2021 municipal election on Friday Aug. 24. The races included incumbent mayor Sandy Stimpson running for reelection and seven city council seats up for grabs.
Stimpson won reelection by a large margin getting 62 percent of the vote share according to WKRG news. Stimpson was followed by Councilman Fred Richardson, who was in second-place with 22% and third-place was municipal judge Karlos Finley with 14.3%. This will be Stimpson’s third term as mayor.
Stimpson spoke at his victory party after the votes were tallied. “I want to tell all Mobilians, even those that did not work for me. I can promise you that we will work just as hard for you, Stimpson said. “We’re going to work to earn your vote and work to earn your trust.”
City council districts 1,2 and 6 will go to a runoff vote on Oct. 5. The election results are posted below.
Mobile Mayor (decided)
CANDIDATE
VOTES
PERCENT
Donavette Ely
142
.42
Karlos Finley
4,876
14.26
Fred Richardson
7,568
22.14
Sandy Stimpson
21,365
62.49
Michael Young
239
.70
City Council, District No. 1 (goes to runoff)
CANDIDATE
VOTES
PERCENT
Perry Berens
206
4.37
Timothy “Tim” Hollis
262
5.56
Cory Penn
1,652
35.07
Herman Thomas
1,320
28.02
Chamyne Fortune Thompson
1,080
22.93
John Westbrook, Jr.
123
2.61
Tony Wright
68
1.44
City Council, District No. 2 (goes to runoff)
CANDIDATE
VOTES
PERCENT
Jason A. Caffey
354
7.37
William Carroll
1,085
22.59
Reggie Hill
190
3.96
Levon C. Manzie
2,279
47.45
Kimberly McKeand
163
3.39
Mark Minnaert
732
15.24
City Council, District No. 3 (decided)
CANDIDATE
VOTES
PERCENT
Xaviaire A. G. Carnrike
335
10.37
C. J. Small
2,896
89.63
City Council, District No. 4 (decided)
CANDIDATE
VOTES
PERCENT
Fred Rettig
1,857
35.11
Ben Reynolds
3,432
64.89
City Council, District No. 5 (decided)
CANDIDATE
VOTES
PERCENT
Tex Copeland
365
8.85
Joel Daves
3,098
75.14
Wilecia Wright
660
16.01
City Council, District No. 6 goes to runoff)
CANDIDATE
VOTES
PERCENT
Tony Dughaish
661
11.48
Scott Jones
2,500
43.41
Derly Pendelton
436
7.57
Josh Woods
2,162
37.54
City Council, District No. 7 (decided)
CANDIDATE
VOTES
PERCENT
Alan J. Barnes
1,094
19.80
Gina Gregory
4,432
80.20
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