Tuscaloosa Elections 2025

Two weeks out from a runoff election for the city council seat in Tuscaloosa's District 1, the challenger has earned the endorsement of the candidate he narrowly edged out of the race earlier this month.

The runoff election to decide who will represent west Tuscaloosa's District 1 on the city council will feature incumbent Matthew Wilson and challenger Joe Eatmon, officials confirmed to the Thread Wednesday.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, who has led the Druid City for the last 20 years, has been elected to a sixth term in office.

Polls have closed in Tuesday's municipal elections in Tuscaloosa, which will determine a half dozen contested races for the mayor's office, four city council seats and one spot on the city school board.

Polls are now open across the city of Tuscaloosa for municipal elections to decide half a dozen contested races for the mayor's office, spots on the city council and one school board seat.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox got a major endorsement in his campaign for a sixth term this week from Nick & Terry Saban.

Both men running to be Tuscaloosa's mayor for the next four years made their pitch to voters Thursday night during a candidate forum which pit the incumbent's two decades of experience against his challenger's promises of change.

With under two weeks before elections for Tuscaloosa's mayor's office, city council and municipal school board, all candidates have been invited to a forum on Thursday night.

Tony Humphries, the only challenger contesting a seat on the Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education next month, said he has spent the last several years inside of classrooms, seeing children's needs firsthand.

A Tuscaloosa real estate agent is once again running for a seat on the city council and said after a disappointing loss four years ago, he is working hard to show voters he's the right man for the job this time around.