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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.

All four incumbents seeking reelection on Tuesday for the Fairhope City Council faced challengers, and three were able to hold off challenges to win reelection.

The City of Mountain Brook voted to reject Democrat David Silverstein, re-electing Gerald Garner for another term in Place 2. Joe Sander was also elected to Place 4, defeating Becky Holt.

Tuesday is election day for most municipalities in the state of Alabama.

Alabama’s Democratic Party’s actions and voting methods made national headlines as the Democratic National Committee met in Minnesota.

On Sunday, a group of past presidents of the National Association of School Resource Officers issued a statement endorsing Derzis, clarifying his role in how Hoover’s program began and its role in setting a national standard.

In a post on Sunday evening, lifelong democrat, Kamala Harris supporter, David Silverstein made a last-ditch plea to woo Republican voters in his bid to unseat the most conservative member of the Mountain Brook City Council.

Amanda Puscek is a Huntsville nurse running as a Democrat for U.S. House Representative in Alabama’s District 4. Or is it District 5?

Congressional candidate Joshua McKee, of Robertsdale, is called a political newcomer, but if you ask him, he has been in the political realm for quite some time.

As Congress prepares to reconvene next month, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) is doubtful that a second reconciliation package will be passed anytime soon, despite the success with President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."

Alabama Head Football Coach Kalen DeBoer is not endorsing Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato for reelection, according to a spokesman for the University of Alabama athletics department.

Fairhope City Council candidate Joshua Gammon is proposing eliminating the grocery tax for the city if he is elected.

State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) announced on Thursday that he is seeking the Republican nomination for Alabama’s Congressional District 1.