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Dothan commissioners adopt canvass, declare winners and set Sept. 16 runoffs
Summary
In an Aug. 12 adjourned session, the Dothan Board of Commissioners approved Resolution No. 2025-190 certifying the Aug. 5 municipal election results, declaring winners for mayor, three commission and several school-board posts and naming three contests for a Sept. 16 runoff.
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Dothan met in an adjourned session on Aug. 12, 2025, and approved Resolution No. 2025-190, formally canvassing the returns of the City of Dothan municipal election held Aug. 5, 2025, and declaring winners for several city and school-board offices. The resolution also identified three contests that will proceed to a runoff election on Sept. 16, 2025.
The canvass matters because state and local law require the governing body to review and adopt certified returns before winners assume office; the resolution sets the four-year terms to begin the first Monday in October 2025 and fixes the Sept. 16 runoff date where no candidate received a majority.
After the city clerk read the resolution into…
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