Bessemer Mayor Kenneth Gulley is facing three challengers in the upcoming municipal election on Tuesday, Aug. 23.
State Rep. Louise Alexander, a Bessemer flower shop owner and former member of the Bessemer City Council who ran unsuccessfully for state senate district 19 in the May 24 primary, is one of the three challengers.
Wallace Anger Jr., who ran unsuccessfully for Jefferson County sheriff in 2018, and real estate agent LaTricia Crusoe are also on the ballot for mayor.
There are also contested races in the seven city council districts and in several school board districts.
City of Bessemer: Candidates for municipal election (Mayor, City Council, School Board) to be held on Aug. 23, 2022
Mayor
Kenneth “Ken” Gulley – Incumbent
Louise Alexander
Wallace Anger
LaTricia Crusoe
City Council
District 1
Jarvis Collier – Incumbent
Michael Knight
District 2
Kimberly Alexander – Incumbent
Chester W. Porter
District 3
Cynthia Stephenson-Donald – Incumbent
Sarah Bell Person
District 4
Donna Thigpen – Incumbent
Dana Darby
District 5
Ron Marshall – Incumbent
Geortez Jackson
District 6
Carla Foreman Jackson
Angela Hawkins Murray
District 7
Jay Howton
Cleo King
Donald Wilson
Bessemer City School Board
District 1
LaTesia Rancher
Anthony Williams
Regina Cooper
District 2
Jimeneze Jennings
Terry Dawson
District 3
Renna Soles Scott – Incumbent
District 4
Sam Morris – Incumbent
District 5
Jerome A. Cook – Incumbent
Margie C. Varner
District 6
Remeka Thompson – Incumbent
District 7
Lee Jones – Incumbent
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