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Election ’07: Our stationmaster’s thoughts on the election

We figured some of you were waiting to hear what our managing editor thought about last night and what it may mean.

Well, here it is.

UPDATED Election ’07: Cooper addresses supporters

Patrick Cooper addresses supporters

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Patrick Cooper addressed the crowd of supporters gathered at WorkPlay earlier this evening. With 100% of the precincts reporting, Cooper had received 15,392 votes, or 29.54% of the total votes cast in the 2007 mayoral election.

Cooper says that he plans to contest the results of this evening’s election. Currently, unofficial results have Larry Langford having the votes needed to be declared the winner.

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UPDATED Election ’07: “It’s been a great eight years…”

Kincaid talks to reporters

Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo

Mayor Bernard Kincaid talks with reporters after learning that he would not have the opportunity to serve as mayor of Birmingham for four more years. Kincaid has served as the chief executive of the Magic City for eight years. With 100% of the precincts reporting, Mayor Kincaid received 4,234 votes, or 8.12%.

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UPDATED Election ’07: Langford wins! But a recount may await…

Larry Langford wins

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Larry Langford, with 100% of the precincts reporting, has collected 170 more votes than necessary to win the election outright, but unofficially. Langford received 10,835 more votes than Birmingham lawyer Patrick Cooper. 52,111 votes were cast in the 2007 mayoral election.

The totals as previously mentioned are currently unofficial. Patrick Cooper does plan to call for a recount.

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Election ’07: The wait is on

Voters at Bottletree

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The question now is whether or not there will be a run-off or not. Earlier this evening, this was the scene at Bottletree as voters began to await the results.

We’ll continue to monitor and provide coverage as the night continues.

Election ’07: Early reports suggest problems

There are reports on al.com and bulletins being sent through MySpace saying that voters have been experiencing problems on Birmingham’s east side when attempting to vote in the city’s mayoral election today.

We would like to know if you had any problems when going to vote today. We’d ask that you post a comment to this post. We’d also suggest contacting The Jefferson County Board of Registrars number at 325.5550. With this being a municipal election, the county is the contact and not the state.

Check in with us later on.

Election ’07: It’s time

Voting on Election Day

Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo 

A scene similar to this one is playing out throughout the city of Birmingham today as people prepare to make their voices heard. The polls have already been open for three hours and will remain open until 7 p.m. this evening.

There are more than 118,000 people registered to vote in this year’s mayoral election. We hope that you will take the opportunity before you and vote for whoever you think will best serve our City.

Click here to see a list of places that are holding election results viewing parties.

Visit our Election ’07 site in case you still have to make up your mind. In particular, visit the Your Questions, Their Answers section to hear from several of the candidates on issues important to you.

Stay tuned later this evening for our coverage of the results of this general election.