| Election Name: | 2021 Birmingham mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Birmingham, Alabama.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2025 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Image1: | Randall Woodfin - 2019.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Randall Woodfin |
| Popular Vote1: | 23,616 |
| Percentage1: | 64.3% |
| Candidate2: | Lashaunda Scales |
| Popular Vote2: | 7,625 |
| Percentage2: | 20.8% |
| Image3: | William A. Bell in 2015.jpg |
| Candidate3: | William A. Bell |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,354 |
| Percentage3: | 9.1% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Randall Woodfin |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Randall Woodfin |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Party3: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2021 Birmingham mayoral election was held on August 24, 2021, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Incumbent Democratic mayor Randall Woodfin was re-elected to a second term.[1]
Woodfin was first elected in 2017, defeating incumbent mayor William A. Bell in a runoff. He was a keynote speaker at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. During his first term, he faced criticism for furloughing some city employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, committing $3 million per year to the Protective Stadium, creating a city-funded scholarship program, and replacing Birmingham's police chief, though he has defended all the aforementioned decisions. In his reelection campaign, Woodfin primarily touted his accomplishments in renovating several dilapidated areas of the city and reforming the city's police department. A primary issue in the campaign was the results of the 2020 United States census, which showed that Huntsville had surpassed Birmingham as Alabama's most populous city. Woodfin believed that Birmingham's population loss was due to a brain drain, and pointed out that the aforementioned scholarship program could help keep high school graduates in the city.[2]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Randall Woodfin | William Bell | Lashaunda Scales | Others | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Times | May 11–June 4, 2021 | 250 (LV) | ± 6.2% | 52% | 10% | 11% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Chism Strategies | April 1–5, 2021 | 662 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 49% | 14% | 12% | 21% | – | ||