Birmingham Nears City Election BIRMINGHAM, AL (APR - Alabama Public Radio ) - Birmingham voters choose a mayor in Tuesday's elections. With 10 candidates on the ballot, including two-term incumbent Bernard Kincaid, the issues have been crime, education, housing, transit and regional cooperation.

In 2006, the city ranked No. 4 in the country in homicides and, although murders are down this year, 63 people have been slain on city streets.

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