2013 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election

2013 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election
	August 27, 2013
Mayor before election; William A. Bell; Nonpartisan	Elected mayor ; William A. Bell; Nonpartisan

The 2013 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election was held on August 27, 2013, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Incumbent Mayor William A. Bell, who was first elected in a 2010 special election and re-elected to a two-year term in 2011, ran for re-election to his first full term as mayor.^[1] He faced a little-known field of challengers and won re-election in a landslide,^[2] receiving 82 percent of the vote.

General election

Candidates

William A. Bell, incumbent Mayor^[1]
Kamau Afrika, real estate investor, perennial candidate^[3]
Pat Bell, entrepreneur, perennial candidate^[4]
Stephannie Sigler Huey, math teacher^[5]

Results

2013 Birmingham mayoral election results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	William A. Bell (inc.)	20,139	82.04%
	Nonpartisan	Kamau Afrika	2,353	9.58%
	Nonpartisan	Pat Bell	1,060	4.32%
	Nonpartisan	Stephannie Sigler Huey	997	4.06%
Total votes			24,549	100.00%

References

^ ^a ^b Bryant, Joseph D. (July 14, 2013). "Royal to exit office as qualifying concludes". The Birmingham News. p. 1A. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tuscaloosa and Birmingham wrap up elections". WBRC. August 28, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
^ Bryant, Joseph D. (August 23, 2013). "'I'm going to clean this . . . city up'". The Birmingham News. p. 8A. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bryant, Joseph D. (August 23, 2013). "'We must bring crime down'". The Birmingham News. p. 8A. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bryant, Joseph D. (August 23, 2013). "'I am what the city needs'". The Birmingham News. p. 8A. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "CITY ELECTION - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM - AUGUST 27, 2013" (PDF). Birmingham City Clerk. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2025.

[qualifying-1] Bryant, Joseph D. (July 14, 2013). "Royal to exit office as qualifying concludes". The Birmingham News. p. 1A. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Tuscaloosa and Birmingham wrap up elections". WBRC. August 28, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2025.

[3] Bryant, Joseph D. (August 23, 2013). "'I'm going to clean this . . . city up'". The Birmingham News. p. 8A. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Bryant, Joseph D. (August 23, 2013). "'We must bring crime down'". The Birmingham News. p. 8A. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] Bryant, Joseph D. (August 23, 2013). "'I am what the city needs'". The Birmingham News. p. 8A. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "CITY ELECTION - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM - AUGUST 27, 2013" (PDF). Birmingham City Clerk. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2025.

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