Mobile is having its most unpredictable mayor’s race in 20 years, and nobody knows who will win

Voters in most Alabama cities will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect mayors and city council members for four-year terms.

Mobile, Alabama’s second-largest city, is holding the most significant open race for mayor. Incumbent three-term Mayor Sandy Stimpson is retiring in November. The new mayor will oversee a city that’s grown through the annexation of 19,789 new residents in 2023.