Incumbent William Bell easily defeated five challengers to win an abbreviated, two-year term as mayor of Birmingham.
With all but one precinct reporting, unofficial results from the election Tuesday showed Bell ahead with 89 percent of the votes.
No other candidate had even 4 percent. Bell's challengers included Kamau Afrika; Patricia Bell; T.C. Cannon; Willis "Mickey Mouse" Buddy Hendrix; and Harry "Traveling Shoes" Turner Jr.
Bell will face election again in 2013. The short term is part of a new law that puts Birmingham's mayor and City Council on the same election cycle.
Bell has served since 2010, when he won a special election to replace former mayor Larry Langford, who was convicted in a bribery scheme and removed from office. Langford is now in federal prison.
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