A full house gathering of Jefferson County Democrats this morning had all the trimmings of a political convention with floor speeches, nominations and even a few angry shouts as party bosses selected a candidate for county treasurer.

With two rounds of voting, debates, and a few accusations, the county’s Democratic executive committee eventually chose Angela Webb Weinberg as the sole candidate for treasurer.

Because there are no Republicans seeking the position, the Democratic candidate is most likely to win the position. The treasure is responsible for selecting banks to invest millions in county money.

Today’s nomination and vote ends nearly two months of speculation after the state Ethics Commission disqualified the previous candidates, including sitting treasurer Eyrika Parker, from the ballot for failing to complete financial disclosure forms in time.

“I am ready to move this party forward,” Weinberg told the packed room at the Five Points West Library in Birmingham following the final vote.

Weinberg was selected after a second round of votes with her and Mike Myles, who is also a former county treasurer. Weinberg received 37 votes compared to 30 votes for Myles. LaShunta White-Boler was the third candidate in the first round of voting but did not proceed to the runoff after receiving nine votes.

The meeting included plenty of political fireworks before the final applause of congratulations, as former candidate Mara Ruffin Allen stood to protest the meeting. Allen, who filed a request asking a judge to block the meeting, called the gathering premature because she said she had another pending hearing on her candidacy.

Allen questioned the rush to name a candidate.

“Do you not fight with me? Do you stay till the end?” Allen said, standing up from her seat. “I don’t see anybody in this body standing with me.”

Allen maintains that her court case in Montgomery County Circuit Court remains open. The judge did not rule against her but only denied her motion for the temporary restraining order to allow her name to appear on the primary ballot, Allen has said.

Both Allen and Parker had appealed their disqualifications to state court judges in Montgomery County but were unsuccessful.

Parker was also in attendance today but remained silent.

Party vice chair Shelia Smoot noted that the judge did not rule on Allen’s request and that the meeting would go on. Earlier, she called for calm as frustrations grew among the crowd.

“We’re all Democrats. That’s one page we are all on,” Smoot said. “We are forced to be here today. We are just following the rules that we were handed down.”

A dam of frustration broke with accusations of bias from party leadership levied by State Rep. Juandalynn Givan towards party chairman Wayne Rogers.

Givan questioned why Weinberg had to resign her assistant tax collector candidacy to even be considered for the treasurer’s nomination.

Weinberg was a candidate for assistant tax collector before tossing her name into consideration for treasurer.

“I’m here to ask a question because I do not know,” Givan said. “The people in this room deserve the right because everything we have been told has changed in the last two weeks. I’m not seeing democracy. I see a chair who has a candidate in the room.”

Rogers defended his actions as chairman and said his decisions were all done to protect whoever was selected as the party’s candidate from being disqualified again.

A verbal altercation erupted as ballots were passed out and Smoot and Allen exchanged words.

“I have been attacked,” Smoot yelled, walking away from Allen. “You need to be removed.”

The vote continued without anyone being expelled.

“We are elated to have secured the nomination. We appreciate all the support we received,” Weinberg told AL.com after the vote. “I already indicated I was withdrawing from the assistant tax collector race regardless of today’s outcome. We look forward to serving the citizens of Jefferson County and how we can provide services to all citizens.”

While the treasure’s spot was secured, a candidate vacancy for constable for District 15 received no interest. Not a single candidate volunteered to represent Democrats for the post.

In all, 13 candidates in Jefferson County were disqualified to run in the March 5 primary in a statewide purge. Since then, three of them were restored after proving that they had filed the forms: Cheryl Hamilton Long, candidate for Constable District 56; Joan Singleton, candidate for Jefferson County Assistant Tax Collector, Bessemer and Andre Glenn Bennett, a candidate for Constable District 51.