2017 Atlanta mayoral election

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.

2017 Atlanta mayoral election
November 7 (general)
December 5 (runoff)
 
Candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms Mary Norwood Cathy Woolard
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First-round vote 25,347 20,144 16,134
First-round percentage 26.2% 20.8% 16.7%
Second-round vote 46,464 45,705
Second-round percentage 50.4% 49.6%
 
Candidate Peter Aman Vincent Fort Ceasar Mitchell
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First-round vote 10,924 9,310 9,124
First-round percentage 11.3% 9.6% 9.4%
Mayor before election

Kasim Reed
Nonpartisan

 Elected Mayor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
Nonpartisan

Elections in Georgia

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]

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. Had Norwood won, she would've been the first white mayor since Sam Massell.

Candidates

Declared

Failed to qualify

Dropped out
  • Margaret Kaiser, Georgia State Representative, District 59, 2007–2016. Dropped out October 25, 2016.[19]
  • Al Bartell, Certified Mediator. Dropped out August 22, 2017.[20]
  • Michael Sterling, former Executive Director of the City of Atlanta Workforce Development Agency. Dropped out October 24, 2017 [7][21]

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 size Margin of error Mary
Norwood		 Keisha
Lance
Bottoms		 Peter
Aman		 Cathy
Woolard		 Vincent
Fort		 Ceasar
Mitchell		 Kwanza
Hall		 John
Eaves		 Other Undecided
Landmark/Rosetta Stone March 8, 2017 1,200 ± 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, 2017 1,085 ± 4.4% 27% 9% 6% 6% 8% 10% 9% 4% 1% 20%
WSB-TV/Landmark August 27, 2017 500 ± 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, 2017 549 ± 4.3% 28% 15% 7% 7% 7% 10% 7% 2% 2% 14%
WSB-TV/Landmark October 7, 2017 750 ± 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, 2017 750 ± 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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Keisha Lance Bottoms 25,347 26%
Nonpartisan Mary Norwood 20,144 21%
Nonpartisan Cathy Woolard 16,134 17%
Nonpartisan Peter Aman 10,924 11%
Nonpartisan Vincent Fort 9,310 10%
Nonpartisan Ceasar C. Mitchell 9,124 9%
Nonpartisan Kwanza Hall 4,192 4%
Nonpartisan John H. Eaves 1,202 1%
Nonpartisan Rohit Ammanamanchi 196 0%
Nonpartisan Michael T. Sterling 104 0%
Nonpartisan Glenn S. Wrightson 100 0%
Nonpartisan Write-in votes 7 0%
Nonpartisan Laban King 0 0%
Total votes 96,777 100%

Mayoral runoff, December 5
Atlanta mayoral runoff election results, 2017
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Keisha Lance Bottoms 46,464 50.4%
Nonpartisan Mary Norwood 45,705 49.6%
Total votes 92,169 100%

See also
  • Mayor of Atlanta
  • United States elections, 2017

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