Andre Dickens Elected Mayor of Atlanta, Pledges to Combat Crime

Andre Dickens Elected Mayor of Atlanta, Pledges to Combat Crime
Atlanta mayoral runoff candidate Andre Dickens gives his victory speech in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 30, 2021. Ben Gray/AP Photo
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Andre Dickens, who has spent the past eight years as a City Council member, won a runoff election Tuesday night and will become Atlanta’s next mayor in January.

Dickens beat Felicia Moore, the current City Council president, by 63.7 to 36.3 percent. However, in the Nov. 2 general election, Dickens was behind Moore by 17 percentage points. A runoff election was required because Moore didn’t win over 50 percent of the vote. Since then, Dickens has quickly gained momentum and won some big-name endorsements.