2025 Sandy Springs mayoral election
Mayoral election in Georgia
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The 2025 Sandy Springs mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Incumbent mayor Rusty Paul was re-elected to a fourth consecutive term.[1]
November 4, 2025 (first round)
December 2, 2025 (runoff) | ||||||||||||||||
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Background
Candidates
General election
Endorsements
Dontaye Carter
Debates and forums
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants | ||||||
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| P Participant A Absent I Invited NYD Not yet declared W Withdrawn | |||||||||||
| Bauman | Carter | Paul | Reichel | ||||||||
| 1[13] | September 14, 2025 | Elevate Church | Gary Alexander | N/A | P | P | P | P | |||
| 2[14] | October 8, 2025 | Rough Draft Atlanta WSB-TV |
Jorge Esteves | WSB-TV | P | P | P | P | |||
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Paul (incumbent) | 9,620 | 43.21 | |
| Dontaye Carter | 4,703 | 21.12 | |
| Andy Bauman | 4,327 | 19.44 | |
| Jody Reichel | 3,613 | 16.23 | |
| Total votes | 22,263 | 100.00 | |
Runoff
Endorsements
Rusty Paul
- State legislators
- Esther Panitch, state representative from the 54th district (2023–present) (Democratic)[16]
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Paul (incumbent) | 10,298 | 69.27 | |
| Dontaye Carter | 4,568 | 30.73 | |
| Total votes | 14,866 | 100.00 | |