The2010 Auburn, Alabama municipal election was held August 24, 2010, to elect the mayor and all eight members of the city council.^[1]

2010 Auburn, Alabama mayoral election

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Candidate Bill Ham Jr. Paul Thompson Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 2,768 518 Percentage 80.9% 19.1%

Mayor before election Bill Ham Jr. Elected mayor Bill Ham Jr.

On April 20, 2010, incumbent mayor Bill Ham Jr. announced his bid for re-election, aiming for a fourth consecutive term. His campaign chairman was also confirmed to be Charles Pick at this time.^[2] He officially qualified for the ballot on July 7, 2010.^[3]

Thompson was the manager of Skybar in downtown Auburn.^[4] He labelled himself as a Christian conservative, primarily running to ensure that Ham did not run unopposed.^[5]

Ham would go on to beat his only opponent, Paul Thompson in a landslide victory.^[6]

The list of candidates was confirmed 20 July 2010.^[8]

Kevin Perry ran against incumbent Gene Dulaney, because he wished to have younger members elected to the council.^[4]

Position	Before election[10]	After election	Image
Mayor	Bill Ham Jr.	Bill Ham Jr.
Ward 1	Arthur L. Dowdell Sr.	Arthur L. Dowdell Sr.
Ward 2	Sheila Eckman	Sheila Eckman
Ward 3	Thomas Worden	Thomas Worden
Ward 4	Brent Beard[a]	Brent Beard
Ward 5	Robin Kelley	Robin Kelley
Ward 6	Dick Phelan	Dick Phelan
Ward 7	Gene Dulaney	Gene Dulaney
Ward 8	Bob Norman	Bob Norman

• Bill Ham for Mayor

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