Tuesday, September 29, 2009

District 56 special election results

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Claire B Mitchell and Lawrence McAdory will have a runoff election for Alabama State House's district 56.

Mitchell received 1,105 votes, or 41.25 percent of votes.

McAdory received 877 votes, or 32.74 percent of votes. The others vying for the seat were

Louise "Lu Lu" Alexander and Margie Varner.

A little over 10 percent of the district's 26,370 registered voters casted a ballot.

District 56's seat was vacated after Priscilla Dunn won the Alabama Senate seat that was vacated by E.B. McClain after he was found guilty of federal corruption charges.