Some good news from election day: Givan is gone!
A political newcomer with a strong backing from Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin has defeated a longtime incumbent for a seat in the State Legislature.
Alicia Escott Lumpkin won her race for State House District 60 Tuesday night, unseating Juandalynn Givan who has served in the seat for 16 years.
Lumpkin finished with 3,882 or 52.79% to Givan’s 2,438 or 33.15 percent. Nina Taylor came in at third place with 1,034 votes or 14%, according to unofficial results late Tuesday.
“Tonight, the people of District 60 made their voices heard, and I am incredibly honored and grateful to have earned your support,” Lumpkin wrote on her campaign’s Facebook page late Tuesday night. “This campaign has never been about politics as usual. It has been about listening to our neighborhoods, fighting for working families, believing in the future of our communities, and making sure District 60 has leadership that shows up and gets things done.”
Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham speaks in opposition to HB1 during a public hearing on the bill at the State House in Montgomery, Ala. With Supreme Court approval, the bill would allow the state to use an alternative congressional map and call a special election, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (Will McLelland | AL.com) Will McLelland
The race was heavily watched as Woodfin supported a city employee who was challenging a vocal critic and former challenger for mayor. Woodfin endorsed Lumpkin and showed his support Tuesday morning by sporting her campaign t-shirt and sign near a polling place.
In the run up to the election a PAC founded by a close political ally of Woodfin funded a cutting radio campaign ad attacking Givan’s re-election.
In her run for mayor, Givan came in a distant third place to Woodfin last summer, after a campaign characterized by biting rhetoric between Woodfin and Givan and their supporters. Woodfin then endorsed Lumpkin, who at the time was a city employee on his staff, to replace Givan at the State House.
Lumpkin was Birmingham’s director of process improvement but resigned her position to become eligible to seek elected office.
Lumpkin, in her social media post, expressed excitement and a commitment to serve her new constituents.
“Tonight we celebrate,” she wrote. “Tomorrow we get to work.”