×Hoover police Chief Nick Derzis speaks to the crowd at his mayoral election night party at the Hoover Randle Home and Gardens in Hoover, Alabama, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, with his wife, Stephanie, by his side.

Hoover police Chief Nick Derzis had a pretty widespread victory geographically over Mayor Frank Brocato in Tuesday’s mayoral election, final election results certified by the City Council on Friday show.

Derzis won in 13 of the 17 polling places across the city, with Brocato claiming a majority of votes at only the Hoover Recreation Center, Hoover Senior Center, Birmingham First Seventh Adventist Church and Bluff Park United Methodist Church. Derzis also won 59% of the absentee votes.

The final vote tally was 9,676 votes for Derzis (56% of the total 17,425 votes cast in the may

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