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Talladega mayor loses re-election bid after assault

Talladega Mayor Larry Barton walks with his wife, Mary Barton during an election, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in Talladega, Ala. Voters will decide whether their mayor, who was re-elected despite a federal conviction and is recovering from an assault, will be back in office for a fifth term. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Talladega Mayor Larry Barton walks with his wife, Mary Barton during an election, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in Talladega, Ala. Voters will decide whether their mayor, who was re-elected despite a federal conviction and is recovering from an assault, will be back in office for a fifth term. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Talladega Mayor Larry Barton walks with his wife, Mary Barton during an election, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in Talladega, Ala. Voters will decide whether their mayor, who was re-elected despite a federal conviction and is recovering from an assault, will be back in office for a fifth term. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

By Associated Press 1 min read

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama mayor who had been re-elected in 2011 despite a federal conviction and has been recovering from a recent assault lost a bid for a fifth term.

Talladega Mayor Larry Barton faced challenges from Jerry Cooper Sr. and Vann Caldwell in Tuesday’s mayoral election in the city known for its motor speedway.

City Manager Patrick Bryant says Cooper won with 2,000 votes, Barton had 1,037 votes and Caldwell, 197 votes. Bryant says that count was final in the city of 16,000.

Barton served about three years in prison in the 1990s after being convicted of defrauding the city and was re-elected in 2011. On Aug. 8, he was assaulted outside a barbershop where he works part-time amid rumors of an affair with the suspect’s wife. Barton denied the allegations.