2021 Mobile mayoral election

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Candidate	Sandy Stimpson	Fred Richardson	Karlos Finley
Party	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Alliance	Republican	Democratic	Democratic
Popular vote	21,269	7,538	4,849
Percentage	62.5%	22.1%	14.2%

Mayor before election

Sandy Stimpson
Republican

Elected Mayor

Sandy Stimpson
Republican

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The 2021 Mobile mayoral election was held on August 24, 2021, to elect the mayor of Mobile, Alabama. Incumbent Republican mayor Sandy Stimpson was re-elected to a third term.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Candidates

Declared

Donavette Ely, candidate for mayor in 2017^[4]^[5]
Karlos Finley, municipal judge (Party affiliation: Democratic)^[1]^[3]^[6]
Fred Richardson, city councillor (Party affiliation: Democratic)^[1]^[3]^[6]
Sandy Stimpson, incumbent mayor (Party affiliation: Republican)^[1]^[3]^[2]
Michael Young, co-founder of the Gulf Coast Mental Health Coalition^[4]^[5]

Results

Mobile mayoral election results^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Sandy Stimpson (incumbent)	21,269	62.5
	Nonpartisan	Fred Richardson	7,538	22.1
	Nonpartisan	Karlos Finley	4,849	14.2
	Nonpartisan	Donavette Ely	239	0.7
	Nonpartisan	Michael Young	142	0.4
Total votes			34,397	100.00

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2021 Mobile, AL Mayor Election". Bama Politics. September 5, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "'Not Done Yet': Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson's reelection ad touts successes while underlining forward momentum". June 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sparks in Mobile's mayor race after incumbent joins fray". al. January 30, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Mobile city elections: Four candidates running for mayor". July 20, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "With mayor absent, 2 candidates tackle crime, COVID-19 funds at forum". July 21, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Karlos Finley announces bid for Mayor of Mobile". FOX10 News.
^ "City of Mobile Municipal Election 2021". February 27, 2020.

External links

Official campaign websites

Donavette Ely for Mayor
Karlos Finley (D) for Mayor Archived 2021-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
Fred Richardson (D) for Mayor
Sandy Stimpson (R) for Mayor
Michael Young for Mayor Archived 2021-07-24 at the Wayback Machine

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