Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, just days after sailing to a third term , is calling for voters to unseat the state lawmaker who challenged him in the election.

Woodfin turned to social media to endorse an early challenger to State Rep. Juandalynn Givan, his most vocal opponent.

Givan came in a distant third place in her bid to unseat Woodfin for mayor. Now Woodfin is endorsing Alicia Lumpkin, a city employee, who is running for Givan’s seat representing Birmingham in the State House.

“District 60 deserves better than finger-pointing and excuses,” Woodfin wrote on his Facebook page Thursday. “The people of District 60 are more than ready for strong women in leadership. Let’s send Alicia to Montgomery.”

Lumpkin is the city’s director of process improvement.

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