Politics

Guide To Atlanta’s Mayoral And City Council Runoff Elections

November 27th, 2017

Voting is underway in Atlanta’s runoff elections.

Andrew Harnik / Associated Press

Runoff elections for Atlanta mayor and City Council will be held Dec. 5.

Atlantans will be voting for a new mayor, City Council president and City Council representatives for Districts 4 and 9. The City of Atlanta says polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Below are the candidates who are running for these offices as well as early voting information for DeKalb and Fulton counties.

Mayor of Atlanta

Two Council members will face each other in the runoff Dec. 5.

Keisha Lance Bottoms won 27 percent of the vote on Nov. 7.
Mary Norwood won 21 percent of the vote.

City Council President

According to Atlanta’s City Council website, the City Council president can take on mayoral responsibilities if there is a vacancy in that office or a disability of the mayor. He or she is to preside at all city council meetings and vote in the case of a tie.

Three Council members ran for the position this year. Alex Wan and Felicia Moore will face each other in the runoff.

Wan took 38 percent of the votes on Nov. 7.
Moore took 35 percent.

City Council District 4

Incumbent Cleta Winslow is facing Jason Dozier for the City Council District 4 seat.

City Council District 9

City Council President Candidate Felicia Moore has represented District 9 for five terms, according to her bio on the City Council website. Kwame Abernathy and Dustin Hillis are running for her seat and will face each other in the runoffs Dec. 5.

Early Voting

In Fulton County, early voting opens Nov. 27 through Dec. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. There are 18 voting locations, according to Fulton County’s website:

Adam’s Park Library: 2231 Campbellton Road SW, Atlanta, Ga. 30311
Adamsville Recreation Center: 3201 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, Atlanta, Ga. 30311
Buckhead Library: 269 Buckhead Ave. NE, Atlanta, Ga., 30305
Fulton County Government Center: 130 Peachtree St. SW, Atlanta, Ga., 30303
Northside Library: 3295 Northside Parkway NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30327
Northwest Branch at Scotts Crossing: 2489 Perry Blvd. NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30318
Ponce De Leon Library: 980 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta Ga., 30306
Louise Watley Library at Southeast Atlanta: 1463 Pryor Road SW, Atlanta, Ga. 30315
Southwest Arts Center: 915 New Hope Road SW, Atlanta, Ga., 30331
Wolf Creek Library: 3100 Enon Road SW, Atlanta, Ga. 30331
College Park Library: 3647 Main St., College Park, Ga. 30337
South Fulton Service Center: 5600 Stonewall Tell Road, College Park, Ga. 30349
East Point Library: 2757 Main St., East Point Ga. 30344
Robert F. Fulton Ocee Library: 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek, Ga. 30005
Milton Library: 855 Mayfield Road, Milton, Ga. 30009
East Roswell Branch Library: 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, Ga. 30076
Roswell Branch Library: 115 Norcross St., Roswell, Ga. 30075
North Fulton Service Center (Room 232): 7741 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, Ga. 30350

In DeKalb County, early voting opens Nov. 27 through Dec. 3, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, there will be no voting Dec. 2 and Dec. 4. There are two voting locations, according to the county website:

DeKalb County Voter Registration & Election’s Office: 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300, Decatur, Ga., 30032
Bessie Branham Recreation Center: 2015 Delano Drive NE, Atlanta Ga. 30317