Patrick Cooper loses election bid, probably
The results came in late last night. Despite the endorsement of The Birmingham News — "We believe Cooper is the best hope to break from the politics of the past and present and offer hope for Birmingham's future" — Patrick Cooper's campaign for mayor of the Alabama city ended in defeat. Or did it?
Cooper said he was ready to challenge the results, claiming there were problems at the polls.
"We're conceding nothing," he told supporters at WorkPlay after the results were in. "There are some irregularities. We're going to have a recount and we're confident we're going to win this. There is a margin of error, and we're going to look at it. We're going to get busy tomorrow morning."
In a field of 10 candidates, according to the News, the winner drew 50% or 26,227 votes. Patrick Cooper pulled in 30% or 15,392 votes. Could "irregularities" really have moved 20% of the vote? Things didn't look good for Patrick Cooper's campaign and his Google rank.
Previously:
-October 1: Patrick Cooper, the candidate
October 11th, 2007 at 7:35 PM
Today is October 11, 2007
My husband & I recieved our letter with our voting place today.
We would have voted for Patrick Cooper if we had recieved our letter before the election.
Joyce Murphree
Glenn Murphree
October 16th, 2007 at 9:22 AM
The important thing here, Evanston Cooper, is that the mayors race in Birmingham would be forced into a runoff if the opponent, Larry Langford, recieved exactly 50%, without one vote over. He recieved 170 votes over 50%, and with 45,000 votes being cast, that's pretty close. So yes, it is a close race to achieve a runoff situation, and voting irregularities and provisional ballots could, and may still, change that. Just an explanation…
October 16th, 2007 at 3:57 PM
Thanks for these comments, I appreciate them. I'll post a follow-up soon.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:59 AM
[...] day after the election, I wrote about Cooper alleging election day irregularities and pushing for a recount. "In a field of 10 candidates, according to the News, the winner [...]