Gaynell Hendricks
Democratic · AL · Jefferson County Tax Assessor
Gaynell Hendricks is Jefferson County tax assessor, the first woman and first African American in the job, and owns Wee Care Academy child care centers. She chaired the Birmingham airport board, and her priorities include remapping county property lines and informing owners about tax exemptions.
Where Gaynell Hendricks stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Her office finished the county's first full tax map resurvey in 37 years, a four-year conversion of more than 400,000 parcels that she started after finding corrupted data in 2019.
March 25, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Asked the county commission to approve an online system so residents could apply for property tax exemptions, including disability exemptions, without coming to the courthouse.
August 29, 2018Supports Government Efficiency
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Won re-election as Jefferson County Tax Assessor with 55.7% of the vote over Republican Jonathan O. Barbee.
November 3, 2020
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Past race Gaynell Hendricks ran in:
- Tax Assessor, Jefferson County · November 3, 2026 · Jefferson County, Alabama · incumbent