Who is running for Assistant Tax Assessor, Bessemer Division of Jefferson County in 2026?

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.

Former Mayor of Hueytown

Delor Baumann served as mayor of Hueytown from 2004 to 2016 and was president of the Jefferson County Mayors' Association¹. He managed Baumann Coatings in Bessemer, drove a school bus for the county school board, and attended UAB after graduating from Hueytown High School in 1971¹. He lost 2020 and 2022 races for Bessemer Division assistant tax collector and Alabama House District 57, ran for Bessemer Division deputy treasurer in 2024, and is the Republican nominee against incumbent Charles R. Winston on November 3, 2026¹²³.

• Mayor of Hueytown, 2004 to 2016; lost a 2016 runoff for reelection¹
• President, Jefferson County Mayors' Association; served on the Regional Planning Commission of Jefferson County and the Hueytown and Bessemer chambers of commerce¹
• Manager, Baumann Coatings, Bessemer; school bus driver, Jefferson County Board of Education¹
• Hueytown High School, 1971; attended University of Alabama at Birmingham¹
• Not an incumbent. Lost the November 2020 race for Bessemer Division assistant tax collector to Eric S. Burks (about 44 percent)², lost a 2022 race for House District 57, and ran for Bessemer Division deputy treasurer in 2024¹. Republican nominee for assistant tax assessor in 2026³.