Atlanta mayoral election, 2017
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The city of Atlanta, Georgia will hold a non-partisan mayoral election on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Incumbent Mayor Kasim Reed, a member of the Democratic Party who has been in office since 2010, is ineligible to run for re-election as he will have served two terms.
If no candidate receives an absolute majority, a runoff will be held between the top two finishers.
Candidates
Declared
- Margaret Kaiser, State Representative[1][2][3]
- Cathy Woolard, former Atlanta City Council President[1][2][4]
Potential
- Peter Aman, former Chief Operating Officer of Atlanta[1]
- Michael Julian Bond, Atlanta City Councilmember (Post 1 At Large)[5]
- Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta City Councilmember (District 11)[5]
- Vincent Fort, Georgia State Senator [6]
- Kwanza Hall, Atlanta City Councilmember (District 2)[1][7]
- Ceasar Mitchell, Atlanta City Council President[1][7]
- Felicia Moore, Atlanta City Councilmember (District 9)[7]
- Mary Norwood, Atlanta City Councilmember (Post 2 At Large) and candidate for Mayor in 2009[2][7]
- Alex Wan, Atlanta City Councilmember (District 6)[7]
- Ivory Young, Atlanta City Councilmember (District 3)[7]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bluestein, Greg (March 12, 2015). "The race for Kasim Reed’s job begins: Cathy Woolard, Margaret Kaiser say they’re in". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- 1 2 3 Blau, Max (March 16, 2015). "Cathy Woolard, Margaret Kaiser kick off 2017 mayoral race". Creative Loafing Atlanta. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ Thompson, Jim (March 18, 2015). "Athens-Clarke mayor's daughter making bid for Atlanta mayoral post". Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ Saunders, Patrick (March 12, 2015). "LGBT activist Woolard: ‘I’m going to run hard’ for Atlanta mayor". The Georgia Voice. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- 1 2 Saporta, Maria (January 6, 2014). "Ceasar Mitchell’s picks for committee chairs preview Atlanta’s power shifts with an eye to 2017 mayoral election". Saporta Report. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ↑ Bluestein, Greg (February 17, 2016). "Vincent Fort’s speech at Bernie Sanders event could be preview of his mayoral run". AJC Politics. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2017 Atlanta Mayoral Election Getting Crowded Before it Begins". Peach Pundit. September 30, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
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