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Steven Reed
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57th Mayor of Montgomery
Assumed office
November 12, 2019
Preceded by Todd Strange
Probate Judge of Montgomery County, Alabama
In office
November 6, 2012 – November 12, 2019
Preceded by Reese McKinney, Jr
Succeeded by J C Love, III
Personal details
Born (1974-02-20) February 20, 1974 (age 50)
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Education Morehouse College (BA)
Vanderbilt University (MBA)
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Steven L. Reed (born February 20, 1974) is an American jurist, politician, and the mayor of Montgomery, Alabama. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a probate judge in Montgomery County. Reed is the first black mayor of Montgomery.

Early life and education

Steven L. Reed was born in Montgomery, Alabama, to Joe and Mollie Reed (née Perry) as one of three children. His father, Joe, was one of the first class of elected members of the Montgomery City Council from 1975 to 1999. Reed earned a Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College and a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University.

Reed is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, having been initiated into its Theta Alpha graduate chapter in 1998.

Early career

He was a financial analyst, then changed careers and lobbied the Alabama legislature, and worked for Lieutenant Governor Jim Folsom Jr.

Reed was elected as probate judge in 2012. In February 2015, he was the first probate judge in the state of Alabama who started issuing same-sex marriage licenses after district judge Callie V. Granade struck the state's ban on same-sex marriage, defying Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. In March 2015, after a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court, he stopped issuing them.

Mayor of Montgomery

Reed ran for mayor of Montgomery in the 2019 election, and defeated his opponent David Woods in a runoff. He was officially sworn in as mayor on November 12, 2019. Prior to being sworn in, Reed took part in a prayer service at the historic Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, which gained notoriety at the start of the Civil rights movement for leading the Montgomery bus boycott.

Reed ran for re-election in 2023, and defeated three opponents with 57% of the vote.

Elections

Montgomery County Probate Judge

2012 Democratic Primary

2012 Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Martin 2,984 17.95%
Democratic Steven L. Reed 13,640 82.05%
Total votes 16,624 100.0%

2012 General Election

2012 General Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Reese McKinney, Jr. 48,708 48.47%
Democratic Steven L. Reed 51,713 51.46%
Write-in 76 0.07%
Total votes 100,497 100.0%

2018 General Election

2018 General Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steven L. Reed 53,480 98.53%
Write-in 796 1.47%
Total votes 54,276 100.0%

Montgomery Mayor

2019 First round

First round results
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan politician Steven Reed 18,571 42.49
Nonpartisan politician David Woods 10,272 23.50
Nonpartisan politician Ed Crowell 5,272 12.06
Nonpartisan politician J. C. Love III 4,251 9.73
Nonpartisan politician Elton Norris Dean Sr. 1,835 4.20
Nonpartisan politician Artur Davis 1,784 4.08
Nonpartisan politician Victorrus Felder 879 2.01
Nonpartisan politician Shannon Ferrari 289 0.64
Nonpartisan politician Ronald L. Davis 186 0.43
Nonpartisan politician Bibby Simmons 156 0.36
Nonpartisan politician Butler Browder 127 0.29
Nonpartisan politician Hobson Cox 92 0.21

2019 Second round

Runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan politician Steven Reed 32,918 67.2
Nonpartisan politician David Woods 16,010 32.7

2023 General

2023 Mayoral Election Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan politician Steven Reed 22,906 56.9%
Nonpartisan politician Barrett Gilbreath 15,640 38.8%
Nonpartisan politician Victorrus Felder 1,336 3.3%
Nonpartisan politician Marcus McNeal 384 1.0%
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