There is increasing chatter about Mary Norwood becoming the next president of the Buckhead Coalition. Along with that job comes the unofficial mayorship of Buckhead. Norwood is clearly getting feedback about her replacing founding president Sam Massell. Luckily for her, there’s few people who would be more qualified than Norwood. Her decades of civic service
Yes, Kasim Reed is term-limited but let’s be honest: His hand-picked candidate, Keisha Lance Bottoms, will be Mayor Reed the Second if she is elected. And right now I doubt she will*. The slew of endorsements for Mary Norwood from virtually every one of her erstwhile opponents and Mayor Shirley Franklin are stunning–for their anti-Reed
Whether you won or lost last night, coffee is probably in order this morning. Election News Atlanta will choose the next Madam Mayor on December 5th BOE results for the Metro area. Middle Georgia election results. South Georgia election results. Tybee Island results. Georgia election results from Fox 5 and the AJC. Results from the Blue
Let’s play a fun game of “What If?” I cannot begin to predict who will make it to the run off because the field is so crowded in Atlanta’s Mayoral race. However, I am willing to predict a low voter turnout in this general election due to overwhelming number of candidates in the race. A
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Mary Norwood has a commanding lead in the polls throughout her mayoral candidacy only to see it evaporate at the last second. Well sorry but we’re getting an encore presentation of the 2009 Atlanta mayoral race. (Even better, she’s poised to head to a runoff with Mayor
If you’re running for office in Atlanta you don’t like President Trump. Even if you do. Prevaricating on if you do or don’t might be the worst position to have and that’s the one Mary Norwood took today. At a forum presented by V-103 and WAOK, Norwood was the only candidate who couldn’t articulate a
The only real news from the latest 11Alive poll on the Atlanta Mayoral race is that we appear to have a two-woman race shaping up. Mary Norwood continues to lead in the polls with 28% of those polled supporting her, while Keisha Lance Bottoms is clawing her way up to a firm second place with
