ATLANTA—A Dec. 1 runoff for Atlanta mayor drew more voters than the original election, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, (AJC). State Senator Kasim Reed defeated City Council member Mary Norwood by less than 1 percent. She did not concede.
Norwood is expected to request a recount after the election results are certified this Saturday. On Dec. 3 she tweeted “We are in a recount. Keep your Mary Norwood signs in your yard. Thank you!!”
Had she won, Norwood would have been Atlanta’s first white mayor since Sam Massell lost to Maynard Jackson in 1974. Atlanta is 61.4 percent black, according to the 2000 Census.
A memo urging voters to follow ethnic lines in voting caused controversy early in the campaign.
Reed declared victory on election night.
Norwood is expected to request a recount after the election results are certified this Saturday. On Dec. 3 she tweeted “We are in a recount. Keep your Mary Norwood signs in your yard. Thank you!!”
Had she won, Norwood would have been Atlanta’s first white mayor since Sam Massell lost to Maynard Jackson in 1974. Atlanta is 61.4 percent black, according to the 2000 Census.
A memo urging voters to follow ethnic lines in voting caused controversy early in the campaign.
Reed declared victory on election night.
