Atlanta mayoral election, 2017

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Atlanta mayoral election, 2017
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Nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms Mary Norwood
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote46,46445,705
Percentage50.4%49.6%
Mayor before election

Kasim Reed
Nonpartisan

Elected Mayor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
Nonpartisan

The 2017 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 7, 2017. Incumbent mayor Kasim Reed, a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 2010, was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.

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Contents

A total of 14 candidates qualified for the November 7 non-partisan election. However, no candidate revived a majority, so a runoff was held between Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood, the top two finishers, on December 5. On election night, unofficial results suggested that Keisha Lance Bottoms had narrowly won, but Norwood called for a recount. [1]

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Keisha Lance Bottoms politician

Keisha Lance Bottoms is an American politician and lawyer who is the 60th and current Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to becoming mayor, she was a member of the Atlanta City Council, representing part of Southwest Atlanta.

The election was first certified on December 11, 2017, and had Bottoms winning by a margin of 823 votes. This margin was less than the 1 percent threshold needed to avoid a mandatory recount. [2] The recount, which occurred on December 14, resulted in Norwood gaining five votes and Bottoms losing six in Fulton County, while the vote totals in DeKalb County remained the same. [3] The election was re-certified on December 17 after Fulton County accepted the new results. [4] Norwood officially conceded the race on December 21, [4] and Lance Bottoms was inaugurated as the 60th mayor of Atlanta on January 2, 2018.

Fulton County, Georgia County in the United States

Fulton County is a county in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2017 estimates, the population was 1,041,423, making it the state's most populous county and its only one with over 1 million inhabitants. Its county seat is Atlanta, the state capital. Approximately 90% of the City of Atlanta is located within Fulton County. Fulton County is the principal county of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

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Candidates

Declared

Peter Aman

Peter Aman is an American consultant and politician who was a candidate for mayor of Atlanta in the 2017 mayoral election.

Atlanta Capital of Georgia, United States

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Failed to qualify

Dropped out

Margaret Kaiser is a former state representative from Georgia. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Endorsements

Peter Aman
Atlanta City Council Members
  • Yolanda Adrean - Atlanta City Councilwoman District 8 [22]
  • Clair Muller - Former Atlanta City Councilwoman [23]
Organizations
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Atlanta Politicians [25]
  • Michael Julian Bond - Atlanta City Councilman (District 3)
  • Kwanza Hall - Atlanta City Councilman (District 2); candidate for Mayor of Atlanta in 2017 (endorsed during runoff campaign)
Statewide Politicians
Organizations
  • Southern Carpenters Regional Council
Celebrities
Vincent Fort
Federal Politicians
Statewide Politicians
Organizations
Newspapers
  • Atlanta Black Star [31]
Labor Unions [28]
  • Teamsters Locals 728, 527, 528
  • Communication Workers of America Local 3204
  • Georgia Federation of Teachers
  • United Auto Workers Region 8, Locals 10 and 882
  • American Federation of Government Employees Locals 554, 1568, 2778
  • Laborers Local 515
  • Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 42
  • Painters District 77, Local 193
  • Mail Handlers Local 310
  • American Postal Workers Local 32
Celebrities
Ceasar Mitchell
Political Organizations
  • Georgia Log Cabin Republicans [33]
Labor Unions
  • UFCW Local 1996 - United Food and Commercial Workers [34]
Former Candidates
  • Michael Sterling, former Executive Director of the City of Atlanta Workforce Development Agency. [21]
Mary Norwood
Atlanta Politicians
Labor Unions
  • IBPO Local 623 - International Brotherhood of Police Officers [39]
  • IAFF Local 134 - International Association of Fire Fighters [40]
  • Police Benevolent Association of Georgia [41]
Organizations
  • Buckhead Coalition [42]
  • Georgia Log Cabin Republicans [33]

Polling

Poll
source		Date(s)
administered		Sample sizeMargin of errorMary
Norwood		Keisha
Lance
Bottoms		Peter
Aman		Cathy
Woolard		Vincent
Fort		Ceasar
Mitchell		Kwanza
Hall		John
Eaves		OtherUndecided
Landmark/Rosetta Stone March 8, 20171,200± 2.9%28.6%8.6%1.8%6.1%9.3%8%5.8%3.8%–28%
WXIA-TV Atlanta/SurveyUSA July 11–18, 20171,085± 4.4%27%9%6%6%8%10%9%4%1%20%
WSB-TV/Landmark August 27, 2017500± 4.4%25.4%12.4%12.1%6.6%6.1%10.4%5.2%3.6%0.8%17.4%
WXIA-TV Atlanta/SurveyUSA September 26–30, 2017549± 4.3%28%15%7%7%7%10%7%2%2%14%
WSB-TV/Landmark October 7, 2017750± 3.6%22.1%19.2%12.6%6.3%6.2%5.8%4.7%3.1%1.8%18.2%
WSB-TV/Landmark November 3, 2017750± 3.6%23.4%25.4%12%9.2%7.9%6.8%5.2%2.6%1.9%5.6%

Results

Mayoral election, November 7

Atlanta mayoral election, 2017 [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Keisha Lance Bottoms25,34726%
Nonpartisan Mary Norwood20,14421%
Nonpartisan Cathy Woolard16,13417%
Nonpartisan Peter Aman10,92411%
Nonpartisan Vincent Fort9,31010%
Nonpartisan Ceasar C. Mitchell9,1249%
Nonpartisan Kwanza Hall4,1924%
Nonpartisan John H. Eaves1,2021%
Nonpartisan Rohit Ammanamanchi1960%
Nonpartisan Michael T. Sterling1040%
Nonpartisan Glenn S. Wrightson1000%
Nonpartisan Write-in votes70%
Nonpartisan Laban King00%
Total votes96,777100%

Mayoral runoff, December 5

Atlanta mayoral runoff election results, 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Keisha Lance Bottoms 46,46450.4%
Nonpartisan Mary Norwood45,70549.6%
Total votes92,169100%

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