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Alabama voters in some towns and cities will head to the polls today to vote for Mayor, City Council and Board of Education positions. Elections will be held in Auburn<\/a>, Bessemer<\/a>, Gadsden<\/a>, Huntsville<\/a>, Mountain Brook<\/a>, and Scottsboro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Huntsville, voters will decide the winner for City Council District 2<\/a> and City Council District 4<\/a>. In District 3, incumbent Jennie Robinson<\/a> will serve another term after being the only candidate to qualify for the race. Voters will also choose Board of Education members for District 2<\/a>, District 3<\/a> and District 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Auburn, elections will be held for City Council District 1<\/a>, District 2<\/a>, District 5<\/a>, District 6<\/a> and District 7<\/a>. No elections will be held for Mayor and City Council District 3 and 4 as only one person qualified for each race.<\/p>\n

In Gadsden, incumbent Mayor Sherman Guyton<\/a> is not seeking reelection leading to seven people qualifying for the Mayoral race<\/a>. For the City Council elections, all districts, District 1<\/a>, District 2<\/a>, District 3<\/a>, District 4<\/a>, District 5<\/a>, District 6<\/a>, and District 7<\/a> are being contested. Only two Board of Education elections are being contested, District 3<\/a> and District 5<\/a>. The remaining districts are all incumbents who won by being the only candidate to qualify.<\/p>\n

For Bessemer, incumbent Mayor Kenneth E. Gulley<\/a> faces three challengers in the Mayoral race<\/a>. All seven City Council districts, District 1<\/a>, District 2<\/a>, District 3<\/a>, District 4<\/a>, District 5<\/a>, District 6<\/a>, and District 7<\/a>, are contested. For Bessemer Board of Education, three districts, District 1<\/a>, District 2<\/a>, and District 5<\/a> are contested.<\/p>\n

Mountain Brook has three City Council seats up for election, District 1<\/a>, District 3<\/a>, and District 5<\/a>, which are all contested.<\/p>\n

Scottsboro only has two contested elections, City Council District 5<\/a> and Board of Education District 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Polls open at 7AM and close at 7PM.<\/p>\n

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Brent Wilson was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama<\/a> and is the Owner and Chief Editor of BamaPolitics.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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