1993 Atlanta mayoral election

The election would determine who would, expectedly, serve as mayor during the upcoming 1996 Summer Olympics in the city.^[3] Among the issues that the individual elected mayor would inherit would be an Olympics that were considered significantly behind-schedule in regards to planning.^[3]

Peter Applebome of The New York Times, on October 15, 1993, characterized the races being largely between Campbell, Davis, and Lomax, in which Campbell was leading, and Lomax was likely to place second.^[3] Applebome wrote, "the three have mounted a civilized, relatively low-key race in which polls show Mr. Campbell with a healthy lead"^[3] Applebome also wrote that the candidates had waged an "issue-oriented race".^[3]

Crime was a major topic of the campaign. Campbell proposed reorganizing the city's police department, placing more officers in the city's neighborhoods, and rehiring retired officers to give more staffing flexibility (while costing less to train then new officers). Lomax proposed hiring 400 new police officers. Davis focused more on addressing the social causes behind crime.^[3]

Outgoing mayor Maynard Jackson endorsed Campbell.^[3]

Lomax had high name-recognition, but also had high disapproval in opinion polling.^[3]

Observers considered the runoff campaign between Campbell and Lomax as having been ugly.^[2] Instead of being issues-focused, the campaign became focused on questions that Lomax made regarding Campbell's ties to a federal corruption probe and questionable expenditures at Hartsfield International Airport.^[2]

Atlanta mayoral general election, 1993^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Bill Campbell	39,997	48.98
	Nonpartisan	Michael L. Lomax	18,900	23.15
	Nonpartisan	Myrtle Davis	12,779	15.65
	Nonpartisan	Nancy Smith Schaefer	9,057	11.09
	Nonpartisan	A. Amenra	230	0.28
	Nonpartisan	James A. Coleman	216	0.27
	Nonpartisan	Bob Braxton	124	0.15
	Nonpartisan	David Librace	83	0.10
	Nonpartisan	Mark Teal	72	0.09
	Nonpartisan	John Genins	69	0.09
	Nonpartisan	Lafayette Perry	66	0.08
	Nonpartisan	Mitchell Williams	62	0.08
Turnout			81,655	44.52

Atlanta mayoral runoff election, 1993^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Bill Campbell	48,600	72.80
	Nonpartisan	Michael L. Lomax	18,155	27.20
Turnout			66,755	36.40