Maddox Coasts To Re-Election; District 1 Heads To Runoff

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Incumbent Mayor Walt Maddox easily secured re-election with a win Tuesday in Tuscaloosa's municipal election over Denson Ferrell II.

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Maddox finished in the unofficial totals with 5,727 votes or 87%.

The District 1 race on the City Council was the most closely watched and will now go to a runoff between incumbent Matthew Wilson and former Shelton State Community College basketball coach and current SSCC administrator Joe Eatmon.

Wilson grabbed 402 votes (38%), while Eatmon received 333 votes (31%) and Que Chandler with 321 votes (30%).

The runoff date is set for April 1.

In District 2, incumbent Raevan Howard won re-election outright with 51% of the vote against challengers Dennis “Quick” Collins and Ashley R. Wheat, while incumbent John Faile also won a new term outright with 797 votes or 54% in District 6 against Eric Gaines and Lisa M. Young.

District 7 Councilor Cassius Lanier won a second term on the council after defeating Oliver “Maurice” Sealey with 668 votes or 70%.

District 1 on the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education was the only contested school board seat, which saw incumbent Karen Thompson-Jackson defeat Tony V. Humphries to secure a new term with 83% of the vote.

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