City Election Results for Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Foley

OBA Staff • August 27, 2025

Few changes and a runoff in local elections

Local Elections

Election results are in for the municipal races from Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Foley, marking the conclusion of the elections for local mayoral and city council seats. After a full day at the polls, residents in all three cities have selected their community leaders for the coming four-year term. 


The newly elected officials—determined in closely watched contests and several decisive victories—will take office November 3 for the 2025 election, shaping the future direction of the Gulf Coast's local governments for the next 4 years.


Here are the vote totals for today’s elections… 


(The check mark โœ” beside the name denotes the winner.)


Orange Beach City Elections


Mayor

Tony Kennon (I) - 1897 (๐Ÿฑ9.64%) โœ”

Jeffrey M. Boyd - 1284 (40.36%)


City Council Place #1

Tom Conerly - 998 (32.38%)

Jack Robertson - 2084 (67.62%) โœ”


City Council Place #2

Annette Mitchell (I) - 1441 (46.66%)

Ginger Harrelson - 1647 (53.34%) โœ”


City Council Place #3

Jerry Johnson (I) - 2053 (67.64%) โœ”

Jay Neese - 982 (32.36%)


City Council Place #5

JoJo McCarron - 1463 (48.09%)

Robert Stuart II - 1579 (51.91%) โœ”



Gulf Shores City Elections

Mayor

๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ (๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿณ๐Ÿต%) โœ”

Ray S. Moore, Jr. - 817 (18.81%)

Angie Swiger - 1016 (23.39%)


Council, Place No. 1

๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป "๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต" ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฑ - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ (๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฒ.๐Ÿต๐Ÿฐ%)

Lucas Burger - 382 (9.37%)

๐—๐—ผ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐—๐—ฟ. - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ (๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ.๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿด%)


Council, Place No. 2

๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด๐Ÿต (๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ%) โœ”

Gary Sinak - 1255 (29.57%)


Council, Place 3

Eric Bradley - 1635 (40.45%)

๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ (๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿต.๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ%) โœ”


Council, Place No. 4

๐—๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐˜†๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ (๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ%) โœ”

Joseph Marinaccio - 1715 (41.93%)


Council, Place No. 5

Blair Castro - 1374 (33.64%)

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—˜. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ (๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฒ.๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฒ%) โœ”


A runoff election will be held on September 23, 2025, for the top two candidates running for City Council Place One. For more information regarding the Gulf Shores Municipal Election, contact the City Clerk’s office at 251-968-1125. 


Foley City Elections ( Mayor Hellmich was unopposed)


Unofficial results following the closing of city polls were:

In District 1, incumbent Wayne Trawick defeated challenger Barry Hughes. Trawick 220 votes. Hughes received 95.

In District 2 challenger Timothy “Tim” Lower defeated incumbent Vera Quaites and fellow challenger Donald Barnett. Lower received 240 votes. Quaites received 166. Barnett received 8.

In District 4, Larry Engel defeated Phillip Hinesley. Engel received 98 votes. Hinesley received 42. District 4 incumbent Rick Blackwell did not run for re-election.

In District 5, incumbent Charles Ebert III defeated challenger Derrick Perdue. Ebert received 234 votes. Perdue received 75.


**Roddy Burkle was the only candidate remaining in the race for the District 3 seat and was elected without opposition. Incumbent District 3 Councilman Richard “Dick” Dayton died on Thursday, Aug. 21.


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