Ryan Renaud will keep his seat on the Huntsville City Schools Board of Education, after the Huntsville City Council officially declared him the winner of the District 4 race Thursday — a race in which no one else chose to run against him.
Registration for the city’s municipal elections closed June 23, and Renaud was the only candidate who qualified for the District 4 seat. Under Alabama law, city councils can declare an unopposed municipal candidate the winner of their race once results are properly certified, meaning Renaud’s seat was secured without the seat ever appearing on the August ballot.
Renaud, a Huntsville native and Huntsville High School graduate, was first appointed to the board by the city council in June 2021 before winning the seat outright in 2022. He currently serves as the board’s vice president…