The 2025 Hoover City Council election was held on August 26, 2025, to elect all seven members of the Hoover, Alabama, City Council. Runoff elections were held on September 23.
Place 1 Candidates Declared Tanveer Patel, entrepreneur Robin Schultz, candidate for place 7 in 2016 and place 2 in 2020 Declined Curt Posey, incumbent councilor (endorsed Schultz)
Racist threats Tanveer Patel received racist messages, including death threats on social media throughout her campaign. Her attorney is working with the Hoover Police Department and the FBI to locate individuals who made the threats. In a press conference, she stated that "hate will not win." Mayor Frank Brocato also responded to the threats, stating, "We will not let hate win."
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Place 2 Candidates Declared Clint Bircheat, member of the Shelby County Republican Party Executive Committee Kenneth Cox Jr., former Birmingham–Southern College cross country and track and field head coach Copeland Johnson, pre-law student Gene Smith, former councilor and candidate for mayor in 2020
Declined Sam Swiney, incumbent councilor
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Runoff Results
Place 3 Candidates Declared Liz Lane, artist and community advocate Ashley Lovell, resident Robert Williams
Declined John Lyda, incumbent councilor
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Runoff Results
Place 4 Candidates Declared Christian Coleman, writer Khristi Driver, incumbent councilor Donna Mazur, former councilor
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Place 5 Candidates Declared Steve Lawrence, risk management and commercial insurance professional Derrick Murphy, incumbent councilor
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Place 6 Candidates Declared Casey Middlebrooks, incumbent councilor
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Place 7 Candidates Declared Steve McClinton, incumbent councilor
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