Your City, Your Vote 2012: Gardendale, Fultondale re-elect mayors
Published 11:06 pm Tuesday, August 28, 2012
North Jefferson County’s largest cities will both keep their incumbent mayors for four more years.
Gardendale Mayor Othell Phillips defeated former councilman William Flippo by 695 votes. In Fultondale, Mayor Jim Lowery beat John Douglas by 581.
Farther north, councilman Johnny Ragland will be Warrior’s next mayor, winning his race against Oscar Turner. Ragland will replace retiring mayor Rena Hudson.
Joe Pylant topped Charles Ray Densmore in the mayoral contest in Morris, and Larry Armstrong handily defeated Hayden incumbent mayor Thelma Smith.
Trafford mayoral candidates will face a runoff between incumbent Mayor Robert Niblett and Clint Daniels.
Results are unofficial; city councils will count provisional ballots and certify the election results by Sept. 4.
Candidates in some city council races will also see runoff elections, which take place on Oct. 9.
MAYOR’S RACES
GARDENDALE
Othell PHILLIPS* ✔ 1,741
William FLIPPO 1,046
FULTONDALE
Jim LOWERY* ✔ 1,158
John DOUGLAS 577
MORRIS
Joe PYLANT ✔ 121
Charles Ray DENSMORE 37
WARRIOR
Johnny RAGLAND ✔ 426
Oscar TURNER 272
HAYDEN
Larry ARMSTRONG✔ 130
Thelma SMITH* 43
TRAFFORD
Robert NIBLETT* 66
Clint DANIELS 53
Terry LITTLE 44
COUNCIL RACES
GARDENDALE
DISTRICT 1
Allen JERKINS 302
Peggy TUMLIN* 300
Karen DUNN 39
DISTRICT 2
Gary MORRIS* 295
Blake GUINN ✔ 303
DISTRICT 3
Alvin CURRINGTON*✔ 404
John T. PARKER 253
DISTRICT 4
Faith HARPER* 246
Greg COLVERT✔ 259
DISTRICT 5
Stan HOGELAND ✔ 340
Carla Rothell CLOUM 31
FULTONDALE
PLACE 1
Joshua BRYANT*✔ 905
Shane COCHRAN 444
Matthew WEBER 285
PLACE 3
Darrell HUBBERT* 721
Jimmie LAY 660
Mike SNOW 334
PLACE 5
“Tip” BLIZARD 408
Greg MORRIS 447
Theresa Hurst LEIPERT 366
Jeffrey ROBINSON 344
Walter L. TIBBS 143
WARRIOR
DISTRICT 1, PLACE 1
Jerry BAILEY*✔ 239
John TANKS 211
DISTRICT 1, PLACE 2
Brad FULLER* 218
Belva HAMILTON✔ 234
DISTRICT 1, PLACE 3
Chuck MOSLEY✔ 239
Theodore HINES* 218
DISTRICT 2, PLACE 1
Jimmy JETT*✔ 161
Stephen MIZELLE 65
DISTRICT 2, PLACE 2
Terry BURGETT 64
Jackie WESSON✔ 172
MORRIS
PLACE 5
John DILLARD✔ 129
Robert KEITH 29
*Incumbent
Italics: Runoff on Oct. 9
