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The 2019 Montgomery mayoral election took place on August 28 and October 8, 2019, to elect the
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of
Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
. Incumbent Republican Mayor Todd Strange, who had been elected to three full terms as mayor, did not seek re-election to a fourth full term in office. The election was officially nonpartisan. With no candidate receiving a majority of the vote, a runoff election was held between the top two candidates. Two candidates, Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed and businessman David Woods, made it to the October 8 runoff, with Reed winning the runoff. Reed then became the city's first
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mayor after being sworn in on November 12, 2019.


Results


First round


Second round


References

{{2019 United States elections Mayoral elections in Montgomery, Alabama 2019 Alabama elections Montgomery