For two decades in the late 1900s, Cottage Hill Baptist Church was a political powerhouse in Mobile elections. That was under the first pastorate of the late Rev. Fred Wolf.
On Tuesday, May 6, the political focus will again be on Cottage Hill Baptist and its people. A “Meet the Candidates” forum will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is invited.
Seven announced candidates for mayor are slated to be there for a presentation, a question and answer session, and a one-on-one meet and greet.
Here is the official invitation to the public:
As we are aware, this mayoral race is a very important one for our city. Therefore, on behalf of a collaboration of local pastors and congregations, Cottage Hill is hosting a Meet the Candidates Forum on Tuesday evening, May 6th at 6PM!
We aim to provide a venue for citizens to express what they believe are the most important issues facing the next Mayor and give the candidates an opportunity to publicly respond with how they will deal with those issues. In addition, an opportunity to simply get to know each candidate better.
Visit https://www.cottagehill.org/meetthecandidates for more information, to submit questions to be asked, and cast your "vote" for attendees to the event.
We hope you will make plans to attend!
The seven declared candidates for Mayor at this time are:
- Lawrence Battiste, former Mobile public safety director
- Jermaine Burrell, former city council member from the 3rd district (2009–2012)
- Spiro Cheriogotis, former Mobile County district judge (2019–2025)
- Barbara Drummond, Democratic state representative from the 103rd district (2014–present)
- Connie Hudson, Mobile County commissioner from the 2nd district (2010–present) and former Mobile city council member from the 6th district (2001–2010)
- Stephen Nodine, former Mobile County commissioner from the 2nd district (2004–2010), former Mobile city council member
- Paul Prine, former Mobile chief of police
The Mobile municipal election for mayor and city council seats is on August 26. Candidates must qualify by June 10 to run. Incumbent Mayor Sandy Stimpson is not running again. A new mayor will be inaugurated in November.
Jim ‘Zig’ Zeigler writes about Alabama’s people, places, events, groups and prominent deaths. He is a former Alabama Public Service Commissioner and State Auditor. You can reach him for comments at [email protected].
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