State Rep. Juandalynn Givan on Why She Decided to Run for Birmingham Mayor

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Alabama state Rep. Juandalynn Givan said Tuesday she will run for Birmingham Mayor in the 2025 City Elections and plans to make her announcement official today at 10 a.m. outside of City Hall. “I am going to run,” she told The Birmingham Times on Tuesday. “This city is in decay. There is no way around it, especially the more urban areas of this city. So much has not been done over a period of time, and I’m not sure it’s going to be done.” The lawmaker said she believes the city is salvageable “but it cannot be salvaged in the state it’s in.” So far, Givan is the first person to announce plans to challenge Mayor Randall Woodfin, although she said she expects others to follow. The next election for Birmingham Mayor is Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Woodfin is nearing the end of his second term after winning elections in 2017 and 2021. He said in an interview last year he was likely to run for a third term. Givan, who represents District 60 in the Alabama House of Representatives, said she believes city “leadership has become desensitized to the realities of life...