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Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin (born May 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 34th and current mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, after winning the October 3, 2017, runoff against incumbent William A. Bell. He previously served as president of the Birmingham City School Board (2013–2015) and as a city attorney of Birmingham from 2009–2017.
Woodfin was born and raised in the North Birmingham and Crestwood neighborhoods of Birmingham, Alabama. He attended North Birmingham Elementary School, Putnam Middle School, and Shades Valley High School. He graduated from Morehouse College, where he majored in political science and was student government association president. Woodfin earned a Juris Doctor from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.
Between college and law school, Woodfin worked for the Birmingham City Council, the Mayor's Office Division of Youth Services, and the Jefferson County Committee on Economic Opportunity. He ran unsuccessfully for the Birmingham Board of Education's District 3 seat in 2009, placing third in a four-person race.
In 2009, Woodfin became an assistant city attorney for Birmingham, a position he held until he was elected mayor in 2017.
In 2013, he ran for a seat on the school board again, this time successfully. He was appointed president of the board two months after being elected; he held that position until 2015 and remained on the board until 2017.
He is a board member of several community organizations, including the Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama. He is a former board member of Birmingham Change Fund, American Red Cross, Birmingham Education Foundation, Birmingham Cultural Alliance, S.T.A.I.R., and past president of the Birmingham chapter of the Morehouse College Alumni Association. He is a graduate of Leadership Birmingham class of 2014, Leadership Alabama class of 2016, and was a featured speaker at TEDx Birmingham 2017.
Woodfin was the Alabama state director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
Woodfin announced his run for Birmingham mayor in August 2016, challenging incumbent candidate William Bell along with 10 other candidates. In the general election, held on August 22, 2017, Woodfin won 40% of the vote, triggering a runoff election with Bell, who placed second. Woodfin won the October 3 runoff with 58.95% of the vote, becoming the city's youngest mayor in over 120 years.
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Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin (born May 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 34th and current mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, after winning the October 3, 2017, runoff against incumbent William A. Bell. He previously served as president of the Birmingham City School Board (2013–2015) and as a city attorney of Birmingham from 2009–2017.
Woodfin was born and raised in the North Birmingham and Crestwood neighborhoods of Birmingham, Alabama. He attended North Birmingham Elementary School, Putnam Middle School, and Shades Valley High School. He graduated from Morehouse College, where he majored in political science and was student government association president. Woodfin earned a Juris Doctor from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.
Between college and law school, Woodfin worked for the Birmingham City Council, the Mayor's Office Division of Youth Services, and the Jefferson County Committee on Economic Opportunity. He ran unsuccessfully for the Birmingham Board of Education's District 3 seat in 2009, placing third in a four-person race.
In 2009, Woodfin became an assistant city attorney for Birmingham, a position he held until he was elected mayor in 2017.
In 2013, he ran for a seat on the school board again, this time successfully. He was appointed president of the board two months after being elected; he held that position until 2015 and remained on the board until 2017.
He is a board member of several community organizations, including the Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama. He is a former board member of Birmingham Change Fund, American Red Cross, Birmingham Education Foundation, Birmingham Cultural Alliance, S.T.A.I.R., and past president of the Birmingham chapter of the Morehouse College Alumni Association. He is a graduate of Leadership Birmingham class of 2014, Leadership Alabama class of 2016, and was a featured speaker at TEDx Birmingham 2017.
Woodfin was the Alabama state director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
Woodfin announced his run for Birmingham mayor in August 2016, challenging incumbent candidate William Bell along with 10 other candidates. In the general election, held on August 22, 2017, Woodfin won 40% of the vote, triggering a runoff election with Bell, who placed second. Woodfin won the October 3 runoff with 58.95% of the vote, becoming the city's youngest mayor in over 120 years.
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