Assistant Tax Assessor, Bessemer Division of Jefferson County

Charles R. Winston Jr. is the Assistant Tax Assessor for the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County, an office he first won in November 2014 and held again after the 2020 election, when he defeated Republican Brandon Herren¹²³. A Bessemer native, Navy veteran and pastor of New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Hueytown since 2000, he was also elected constable four times, according to his 2020 campaign announcement². He faces Republican Delor Baumann on November 3, 2026⁴.

• Assistant Tax Assessor, Bessemer Division, since the November 2014 election; reelected in 2020¹²³
• Elected constable four times from two legislative districts, per his 2020 campaign announcement²
• Pastor, New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, Hueytown, since March 2000; moderator of the Mt. Pilgrim Baptist District Association from 2010²
• U.S. Navy petty officer; associate degree in retail management, Bessemer State College; theology and counseling degrees including a 2010 master's in pastoral counseling, per his campaign announcement²
• Elected Assistant Tax Assessor for the Bessemer Cut-off Division in November 2014² and reelected November 3, 2020 with about 55 percent over Brandon Herren³. On the 2026 ballot against Delor Baumann⁴.