2017 Atlanta mayoral election
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Candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms Mary Norwood Cathy Woolard
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 25,347
26.2% 		20,144
20.8% 		16,134
16.7%
Runoff 46,464
50.4% 		45,705
49.6% 		Eliminated
 
Candidate Peter Aman Vincent Fort Ceasar Mitchell
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 10,924
11.3% 		9,310
9.6% 		9,124
9.4%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Kasim Reed
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
Democratic

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Mayoral elections

The 2017 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 7, 2017, with a runoff election held on December 5, 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 a personal crisis.

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.

Candidates

Declared

Failed to qualify

Dropped out

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 		Peter
Aman 		Keisha
Lance
Bottoms 		John
Eaves 		Vincent
Fort 		Kwanza
Hall 		Ceasar
Mitchell 		Mary
Norwood 		Cathy
Woolard 		Other Undecided
WSB-TV/Landmark November 3, 2017 750 ± 3.6% 12.0% 25.4% 2.6% 7.9% 5.2% 6.8% 23.4% 9.2% 1.9% 5.6%
WSB-TV/Landmark October 7, 2017 750 ± 3.6% 12.6% 19.2% 3.1% 6.2% 4.7% 5.8% 22.1% 6.3% 1.8% 18.2%
WXIA-TV Atlanta/SurveyUSA September 26–30, 2017 549 ± 4.3% 7% 15% 2% 7% 7% 10% 28% 7% 2% 14%
WSB-TV/Landmark August 27, 2017 500 ± 4.4% 12.1% 12.4% 3.6% 6.1% 5.2% 10.4% 25.4% 6.6% 0.8% 17.4%
WXIA-TV Atlanta/SurveyUSA July 11–18, 2017 1,085 ± 4.4% 6% 9% 4% 8% 9% 10% 27% 6% 1% 20%
Landmark/Rosetta Stone March 8, 2017 1,200 ± 2.9% 1.8% 8.6% 3.8% 9.3% 5.8% 8.0% 28.6% 6.1% – 28%

Results

General election

Atlanta mayoral election, 2017[43]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Keisha Lance Bottoms 25,347 26.19
Nonpartisan Mary Norwood 20,144 20.81
Nonpartisan Cathy Woolard 16,134 16.67
Nonpartisan Peter Aman 10,924 11.29
Nonpartisan Vincent Fort 9,310 9.62
Nonpartisan Ceasar Mitchell 9,124 9.43
Nonpartisan Kwanza Hall 4,192 4.33
Nonpartisan John H. Eaves 1,202 1.24
Nonpartisan Rohit Ammanamanchi 196 0.20
Nonpartisan Michael T. Sterling (withdrew) 104 0.11
Nonpartisan Glenn S. Wrightson 100 0.10
Nonpartisan Laban King 0 0.00
Write-in 7 0.01
Total votes 96,777 100.00

Runoff

Atlanta mayoral runoff election results, 2017
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Keisha Lance Bottoms 46,464 50.42
Nonpartisan Mary Norwood 45,705 49.59
Total votes 92,169 100%

See also

References

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