Dearborn is the greatest city in the whole country and everybodys just learning it, said Hammoud, an epidemiologist, child of Lebanese immigrants, and graduate of Dearborn High School and University of Michigan Dearborn. The Cullman County portion is in the Baileyton-Joppa Census Division.[18]. Christian Syrian and Lebanese immigrants first arrived in the area in the 1880s, followed later by Palestinian, Iraqi, Chaldean, Yemeni, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi Americans, and more. Randall Woodfin (born May 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 34th and current mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, after winning the October 3, 2017, runoff against incumbent William A. Calls were made to all Alabama cities with population ranges of 23,000 or more, based on information from the Alabama League of Municipalities. Woodfin won the October 3 runoff with 58.95% of the vote, becoming the city's youngest mayor in over 120 years. Terms and Conditions. Originally, the name proposed was Arad. In Auburn, with a manager-council form of government, the chief executive officer that everybody reports to is the city manager. The first political campaign Michigan State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud worked on was in 2001. Im a member of the Wolverine community, he said, referring to the University of Michigans sports teams. Hammoud says he is ready to get to work and immediately begin tackling issues that affect his city, including climate change. I am a member of the Dearborn community. Late Mayor Orville Hubbard, who ran the city from 1942 to 1978, was a vocal advocate for racial segregation. Im the founder, I dont have any extra rights in there, said Abed Hammoud. Opinion | All politics is local. All of Alabama's mayors races this year Howell, among other experts, said she estimated that well more than half of Dearborns population is of Arab descent, a fact not reflected by the US Census, which counts the Arab population as white, leading to undercounting.