Mayoral elections in Huntsville are held every four years to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama.
Huntsville's mayoral elections are non-partisan, but most candidates can be affiliated with political parties. Huntsville uses a two-round system, where election runoffs are held if no candidate obtains the majority of the vote.
| Election Name: | 2008 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Charleston mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Election Date: | August 26, 2008 (first round) October 7, 2008 (runoff) |
| Next Election: | 2012 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Image1: | File:Tommy Battle.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Tommy Battle |
| 1Data1: | 14,486 48.24% |
| 2Data1: | 21,123 55.67% |
| Candidate2: | Loretta Spencer |
| 1Data2: | 14,871 49.52% |
| 2Data2: | 16,821 44.33% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Loretta Spencer |
| After Election: | Tommy Battle |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Color1: | c0c0c0 |
| Color2: | c0c0c0 |
The 2008 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 26, 2008, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent mayor Loretta Spencer ran for re-election to a fourth term. A runoff was held on October 7, 2008, since no candidate surpassed 50%. In the runoff Republican Tommy Battle defeated Mayor Spencer.[1]
Spencer was endorsed by The Huntsville Times. The Committee of 100, a group of businesspeople, issued a joint endorsement of Battle and Spencer.
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2008 (first round)[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Loretta Spencer (incumbent) | 14,871 | 49.52% | |
| Tommy Battle | 14,486 | 48.24% | |
| Jackie Reed | 530 | 1.76% | |
| Michael Polemeni | 143 | 0.48% | |
| Total | 30,030 | 100.00% | |
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2008 (runoff)[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Tommy Battle | 21,123 | 55.67% | |
| Loretta Spencer (incumbent) | 16,821 | 44.33% | |
| Total | 37,944 | 100.00% | |
| Election Name: | 2012 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Election Date: | August 28, 2012 |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Tommy Battle |
| After Election: | Tommy Battle |
| Candidate1: | Tommy Battle |
| Candidate2: | Loretta Spencer |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 22,838 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,312 |
| Percentage1: | 80.67% |
| Percentage2: | 15.23% |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Image1: | File:Tommy Battle.jpg |
| Candidate4: | Jackie Reed |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,159 |
| Percentage4: | 4.09% |
| Colour4: | C0c0c0 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Huntsville mayoral election |
The 2012 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 28, 2012, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent Republican Mayor Tommy Battle won re-election to a second term defeating for Mayor Loretta Spencer in a rematch.[4]
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2012[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Tommy Battle (incumbent) | 22,838 | 80.67% | |
| Loretta Spencer | 4,312 | 15.23% | |
| Jackie Reed | 1,159 | 4.09% | |
| Total | 28,309 | 100.00% | |
| Election Name: | 2016 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Election Date: | August 23, 2016 |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Tommy Battle |
| After Election: | Tommy Battle |
| Candidate1: | Tommy Battle |
| Candidate2: | Jackie Reed |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,896 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,799 |
| Percentage1: | 80.74% |
| Percentage2: | 10.45% |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Image1: | File:Tommy Battle.jpg |
| Candidate4: | Ken Boyd |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,516 |
| Percentage4: | 8.81% |
| Colour4: | C0c0c0 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Huntsville mayoral election |
The 2016 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 23, 2016, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent Republican Mayor Tommy Battle won re-election to a third term.[6]
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2016[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Tommy Battle (incumbent) | 13,896 | 80.74% | |
| Jackie Reed | 1,799 | 10.45% | |
| Ken Boyd | 1,516 | 8.81% | |
| Total | 17,211 | 100.00% | |
| Election Name: | 2020 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Election Date: | August 25, 2020 |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Tommy Battle |
| After Election: | Tommy Battle |
| Candidate1: | Tommy Battle |
| Candidate2: | Andy Woloszyn |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 21,589 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,894 |
| Percentage1: | 77.61% |
| Percentage2: | 10.40% |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Image1: | File:Tommy Battle.jpg |
| Candidate4: | Jackie Reed |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,729 |
| Percentage4: | 6.22% |
| Colour4: | C0c0c0 |
| Colour5: | C0c0c0 |
| Candidate5: | Maurice Shingleton Jr. |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,607 |
| Percentage5: | 5.78% |
| Next Election: | 2024 Huntsville mayoral election |
The 2020 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 25, 2020, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent Republican Mayor Tommy Battle won re-election to a fourth term, with Democrat Andy Woloszyn coming in second.[8]
The election was officially non-partisan, but some candidates were affiliated with political parties.
| Election for Mayor of Huntsville, 2020[9] [10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Tommy Battle (incumbent) | 21,589 | 77.61% | |
| Andy Woloszyn | 2,894 | 10.40% | |
| Jackie Reed | 1,729 | 6.22% | |
| Maurice Shingleton Jr. | 1,607 | 5.78 | |
| Total | 27,819 | 100.00% | |
| Election Name: | 2024 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Huntsville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | August 27, 2024 |
| Image1: | File:Tommy Battle.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Tommy Battle |
| Popular Vote1: | Uncontested |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Tommy Battle |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Tommy Battle |
| Colour1: | C0c0c0 |
The 2024 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 27, 2024, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent Republican Mayor Tommy Battle is ran for re-election to a fifth term.[11] He won re-election due to the race being uncontested.[12]