2021 Atlanta mayoral election
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Candidate Andre Dickens Felicia Moore
First round 22,153
23.0% 		39,202
40.8%
Runoff 50,706
63.4% 		29,223
36.6%
 
Candidate Kasim Reed Sharon Gay
First round 21,541
22.4% 		6,578
6.8%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Keisha Lance Bottoms
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Andre Dickens
Democratic

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The 2021 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 2, 2021, with a runoff between the top two candidates taking place on November 30.[1] Incumbent mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms did not seek reelection. City council member Andre Dickens defeated council president Felicia Moore in the runoff by a margin of more than 20%.[2][3] Candidates eliminated in the general election included former mayor Kasim Reed and attorney Sharon Gay.[4][5]

Candidates

On ballot

Write-in candidates

Did not file

Withdrew

General election

Endorsements

Keisha Lance Bottoms (withdrew)
U.S. President
Andre Dickens
Sharon A. Gay
  • Cedric Alexander, public safety expert[42]
Felicia Moore
Kasim Reed

Polling

Graphical summary
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Antonio
Brown 		Andre
Dickens 		Sharon
Gay 		Rebecca
King 		Felicia
Moore 		Kasim
Reed 		Walter
Reeves 		Other Undecided
20/20 Insight (D) October 17–31, 2021 522 (LV) ± 4.3% 4% 22% 4% 0% 31% 17% 0% 2%[b] 20%
20/20 Insight (D) October 17–22, 2021 354 (LV) ± 5.2% – 21% – – 30% 18% – – –
University of Georgia October 6–20, 2021 779 (LV) ± 3.5% 2% 6% 4% 0% 24% 20% 0% 1%[c] 41%
SurveyUSA September 28 – October 5, 2021 544 (LV) ± 5.2% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 18% 4% 18%[d] 31%
University of Georgia August 30 – September 13, 2021 842 (LV) ± 3.4% 4% 5% 6% 0% 20% 24% 0% 1%[e] 41%
Secrest Strategies (D)[A] September 7–12, 2021 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 3% 8% 12% – 28% 21% – – 26%
Public Policy Polling (D) Archived September 13, 2021, at the Wayback Machine[B] September 1–2, 2021 633 (LV) ± 3.9% 3% 6% 9% – 24% 19% – – 39%
brilliant corners (D)[C] August 26–31, 2021 709 (LV) ± 3.8% – 6% 5% – 24% 19% – – –
20/20 Insight (D) Mid-August 2021 ~500 (LV) ± 4.4% 3% 15% 4% – 21% 15% – – 40%
SurveyUSA July 20–25, 2021 516 (LV) ± 5.7% 5% 3% 5% – 10% 17% 6% 14%[f] 39%
Secrest Strategies (D)[A] Early July 2021 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 8% 8% 3% – 32% 24% – – 24%
Lester & Associates (D)[D] May 26–30, 2021 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 13% 18% 10% – 11% 13% – – 36%

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of July 9, 2021
Candidate (party, if known) Total raised Cash on hand
Antonio Brown (D) $309,676 $280,957
Andre Dickens (D) $589,823[g] $546,000
Sharon Gay $1,090,000[h] $991,000
Felicia Moore (D) $726,813 $604,061
Kasim Reed (D) $1,050,000[i] $979,000
Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) $3,800,000 $258,963
[47]

Results

General election results[48][49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Felicia Moore 39,202 40.8
Nonpartisan Andre Dickens 22,153 23.0
Nonpartisan Kasim Reed 21,541 22.4
Nonpartisan Sharon Gay 6,578 6.8
Nonpartisan Antonio Brown 4,544 4.7
Nonpartisan Kenneth Hill 538 0.6
Nonpartisan Rebecca King 372 0.4
Nonpartisan Mark Hammad 343 0.4
Nonpartisan Kirsten Dunn 267 0.3
Nonpartisan Walter Reeves 162 0.2
Nonpartisan Glenn Wrightson 150 0.2
Nonpartisan Richard Wright 138 0.1
Nonpartisan Nolan English 98 0.1
Nonpartisan Roosevelt Searles III 72 0.1
Total votes 96,158 100.00

Mayoral debate

The top 6 candidates participated in a televised debate on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.[50][51] The debate was broadcast on 11Alive.[51]

Runoff

Sharon Gay, who was eliminated in the general election, endorsed Dickens in the runoff.[39]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Andre
Dickens 		Felicia
Moore 		Undecided
SurveyUSA November 17–22, 2021 561 (LV) ± 5.0% 40% 46% 14%
University of Georgia November 11–19, 2021 802 (LV) ± 3.5% 43% 37% 20%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Felicia
Moore 		Kasim
Reed 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) Archived September 13, 2021, at the Wayback Machine[B] September 1–2, 2021 633 (LV) ± 3.9% 47% 22% 30%

Results

Runoff results[52][j]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Andre Dickens 50,706 63.4
Nonpartisan Felicia Moore 29,223 36.6
Total votes 79,929 100.00

Results by county

County Andre Dickens Felicia Moore Total
Votes Percent Votes Percent
Fulton 44,655 62.88% 26,365 37.12% 71,020
DeKalb 6,051 67.92% 2,858 32.08% 8,909

[52]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Dunn and Wrightson with 1%; English, Hammad, Hill, Searles, and Wright with 0%
  3. ^ Hammad with 1%; Dunn, English, Hill, Searles, Wrightson, and Wright with 0%
  4. ^ Hill and Wright with 4%; Hammad and Wrightson with 3%; English with 2%; Dunn and Searles with 1%
  5. ^ Dunn, English, Hammad, Hill, Searles, Wrightson, and Wright with 0%
  6. ^ Barrella with 5%; McGee with 4%; Fruit with 3%; Adkins with 2%
  7. ^ Dickens transferred $32,777 from his city council campaign account to his mayoral campaign account. He has stated that he obtained permission from the council campaign donors before doing so. Dickens also loaned his campaign $800.
  8. ^ Approximately 65% of this total was personally loaned by Gay.
  9. ^ Reed loaned his campaign $28,000.
  10. ^ Results are counted by combining results from the official websites of Fulton and DeKalb Counties, the two counties where Atlanta is located.
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by Gay's campaign
  2. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by Safer Atlanta, Inc.
  3. ^ This poll was sponsored by Moore's campaign
  4. ^ This poll was sponsored by Dickens's campaign

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