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Reed Declared New Atlanta Mayor

John — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:11:21 +0000

After a hotly contested November election and a month long run up to the runoff election in December, Kasim Reed has been declared the next mayor of Atlanta. Mary Norwood, although garnering significantly more votes in the initial election, failed to obtain the fifty percent plus one vote total needed to win outright. Thus, a runoff election was held of December 3rd, which indicated a narrow victory for Reed. However, the vote totals were close enough to require a recount. The votes were recounted and Reed possessed a lead of 714 votes making him the new mayor. Congratulations to Kasim Reed.

Runoff Elections Today

John — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:22:00 +0000

Today is the day of the runoff elections for the positions of Atlanta Mayor and Atlanta City Council President. The mayoral race, between Mary Norwood, a white woman, and Kasim Reed, a black man, has drawn national attention as many view it as a being about race even though most seem afraid to say it. The voters in Atlanta will also be choosing a city council president today. The choice is between Cesar Mitchell and Clair Muller. There numerous other runoffs today as well so get out and vote.

Mayor’s Race Goes to Runoff

John — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:07:22 +0000

It was no big surprise that there will be a runoff in the race between Kasim Reed and Mary Norwood to become the next mayor of Atlanta. However, there were some surprising facts about the voting last Tuesday. The voter turnout was poor in comparison to the last significant mayoral race. Eight years ago in the election in which Shirley Franklin became the city’s first female, black mayor, 41 percent of the electorate turned out to vote. On Tuesday, only 24 percent showed up for election which might have elected the first white mayor of Atlanta in 34 years. While there has been lots of speculation as to the “meaning” of the results and the low turnout with regard to the pulse of the city about the candidates and possibly the larger political happenings in Washington, the most obvious conclusion seems to be that people don’t seem to care too much about this election. I guess we’ll have to wait until the runoff election in December to learn more.