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Tuesday, Bryan Van Devender topped four candidates, including incumbent Sheffield Mayor Steve Stanley, to win Sheffield's mayoral election.

Slightly more than 100 votes decided the race, but Muscle Shoals mayoral hopeful Billy Hudson defeated incumbent Mayor Mike Lockhart on Tuesday.

The second time was the charm for Northport mayor-elect Dale Phillips on Tuesday.

Incumbent Enterprise Mayor Bill Cooper will face challenger Bill Baker on September 23 in a mayoral runoff after the two candidates emerged in a four-way race to be the city's chief executive.

Eufaula voters within municipal limits will have to head to the polls again in September to vote in a mayoral runoff election.

The City of Andalusia released the results of its municipal elections on Tuesday.

The Boaz mayoral election is headed to a runoff between Tim Walker and Jana Pair after they took the top two spots in a three-way race with incumbent David Dyar.

Joe McDonald will be the next mayor of Saraland after winning with a 1,981 to 827 tally against councilman Wayne Biggs.

Out of a crowded field of seven candidates, Ron Tyler earned the top spot in Tuesday’s municipal elections to become the new mayor of Florence.

Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis defeated David Fletcher to win re-election on Tuesday.

Springville Mayor Dave Thomas was ousted by voters Tuesday in the landslide election of challenger Austin Phillips.

The winner of Guntersville’s mayoral race is still uncertain after the two candidates were separated by a single vote in Tuesday’s election.

Prattville Mayor Bill Gillespie defeated four other challengers to win re-election without a runoff on Tuesday.

Voters in Sylacauga were undecided on a new mayor and council members in Districts 2 and 4.

Kent Lawrence emerged from Tuesday’s municipal elections as Decatur’s new mayor, defeating three other opponents after Mayor Tab Bowling chose not to seek reelection.

The unofficial election results in Anniston are in and Ciara Smith appears to have won the crowded race with 57.31% of the votes.

Ranae Bartlett, a current city council member, beat out her two opponents, Margi Daly and Steve Smith, in Tuesday’s municipal elections, earning 4,581 votes, or 56%.

Athens Mayor William Marks won reelection Tuesday in a three-way race against opponents Danny Whitefield and Mark Wilson.

Eddie Smith won the election to be the next mayor of Opelika on Tuesday.

City Councilman Ben Short will be the new mayor of Trussville. Short won in a three-way race between him, fellow City Councilwoman Lisa Bright and sitting Jefferson County tax collector JT Smallwood.

The unofficial election results in Mobile show a likely runoff between State Rep. Barbara Drummond (D-Mobile) and former Mobile District Court Judge Spiro Cheriogotis.

Unofficial election returns in Bay Minette show incumbent Mayor Bob Willis was defeated by challenger Joshua O. Brown. Willis served as mayor for 13 years.

Mayor Woody Baird and Mike Densmore are headed to a runoff in the Alexander City mayoral election.

City Councilwoman Jennifer Andress handily won Homewood's mayoral election with 71% of the vote.

Voters in Spanish Fort sent a message from the ballot box Tuesday when they elected a new mayor.

Longtime Pike Road Mayor Gordon Stone won re-election on Tuesday.

Municipalities in Baldwin County announced the preliminary results from municipal elections.