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1997 Atlanta City Council election

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1997 Atlanta City Council election

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The 1997 Atlanta City Council election occurred on November 4, 1997, with a runoff election held on November 25, 1997. The election and runoff took place concurrently with the 1997 Atlanta mayoral election.[1][2]

It was the first election since three of the six at-large posts were abolished.

At-Large Post 1

  • Mable Thomas, for state representative; won
  • Paul Bolster
  • Marcia Briscoe
  • Chester Dixon
  • Khadijah Abdur-Rahman
  • John Lewis Sr.
  • Sidney Wood Jr.

At-Large Post 2

  • Julie Emmons, won
  • Sheila Martin-Brown (i)
  • John Garst

At-Large Post 3

  • Doug Alexander (i), won
  • Pam Alexander (i)
  • Thomas Cox Jr
  • Leonard Tate
  • Rhonda Finley
  • Virginia Gray

District 1

  • Vern McCarty (i), won
  • Malcolm Gideons
  • Ruthie Garrett-Walls
  • Fred Martin II
  • Joe Gadson
  • Angela Stovall
  • Gary Duncan Jr.

District 2

  • Debi Starnes (i), won
  • Jim Boyd III
  • James Lewis

District 3

District 4

  • Cleta Winslow (i), won
  • Georgianne Thomas
  • Kathryn Flowers

District 5

  • Sherry Dorsey, won
  • Natalyn Mosby Archibong
  • Stanley Jackson
  • Hubert Merchant Jr.
  • Steven Suna
  • Sulton Charles Ellison
  • Annie Ward
  • Mark Henderson

District 6

District 7

  • Lee Morris (i, uncontested), won

District 8

  • Clair Muller (i), won
  • Frederick Anton

District 9

  • Felicia Moore, won
  • Jarrod Samples (i)

District 10

  • C. T. Martin (i), won
  • Juner Norris

District 11

District 12

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