Political newcomer Alicia Escott Lumpkin won Tuesday’s Democratic primary election for House District 60, defeating 16-year incumbent state Representative Juandalynn Givan and challenger Nina Taylor.
Lumpkin was declared the winner after receiving about 52 percent of the vote, or 3,822 votes, according to unofficial results. Givan received about 33 percent, or 2,438 votes, while Taylor finished with 14 percent, or 1,034 votes.
“This campaign has always been about the people of District 60,” Lumpkin said following her victory. “We built this campaign by listening to residents, knocking on doors and having honest conversations about what our communities need to move forward. I am deeply honored by the trust voters have placed in me, and I’m ready to get to work.”
Lumpkin—a longtime city employee and the niece of Sundra Escott Russell, the first African American woman elected to the Alabama Senate—was backed by several prominent local officials and organizations, including Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, who faced a mayoral challenge from Givan in 2025.
“[Lumpkin] personally knocked on over 5,000 doors across District 60. She showed up. She listened,” Woodfin wrote in a Facebook post after Lumpkin’s win Tuesday. “She put in the work. Last night, the people showed up for her.”
Lumpkin attributed her electoral success to the network of volunteers and supporters who backed her candidacy.
“Our communities deserve leadership that shows up, listens and delivers results,” Lumpkin said. “Tonight’s victory belongs to every volunteer, every supporter and every voter who believed in this campaign and the future we can build together.”
With no Republican opponent in the general election, Lumpkin will take office in 2027 as District 60’s new representative in the state Legislature.
