2025 South Fulton mayoral election
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The 2025 South Fulton mayoral election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor of South Fulton, Georgia. Incumbent mayor Khalid Kamau ran for re-election to a second consecutive term, but placed sixth in the general election. Democrat Carmalitha Gumbs was elected in the runoff on December 2, 2025.[1]
Kamau was first elected in 2021 with 59% of the vote in a runoff election on November 30, describing himself as "America's first #BlackLivesMatter organizer elected to public office."[2][3] He was arrested in 2023 for trespassing, and appeared in court on September 23, 2025.[4] An audit in July 2025 revealed that Kamau had spent nearly $70,000 in "questionable expenses," including Apple Music subscriptions, car washes, food purchases, and an international trip to Ghana, among others. Kamau offered to pay the money back and called the audit politically motivated, even though it was an independent audit by Baker Tilly.[5] He originally announced in April that he would not run for re-election.[6] Despite this, he launched his re-election bid in August.[7]
Candidates
Declared
- Joseph Adeyemi, project manager and economist[8]
- Mark Baker, former mayor pro tempore[9]
- Kelvin Davis, Navy veteran[10]
- Bill Edwards, former mayor (2017–2021)[11]
- Carmalitha Gumbs, city councilor from the 2nd district (2017–present)[12]
- Jewel Johnson, retired health care professional[9]
- Khalid Kamau, incumbent mayor[13]
- Ray Mills, entrepreneur[14]
- Ryan Olson, fitness professional[9]
Debates and forums
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants | ||||||
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| P Participant A Absent I Invited N Not invited NYD Not yet declared W Withdrawn | |||||||||||
| Adeyemi | Edwards | Gumbs | Kamau | ||||||||
| 1[15] | September 18, 2025 | Georgia Men for Democracy Now | Unknown | N/A | P | P | P | N | |||
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmalitha Gumbs | 10,539 | 39.30 | |
| Mark Baker | 5,179 | 19.31 | |
| Bill Edwards | 4,446 | 16.58 | |
| Joseph Adeyemi | 1,780 | 6.64 | |
| Ray Mills | 1,342 | 5.00 | |
| Khalid Kamau (incumbent) | 1,270 | 4.74 | |
| Jewel Johnson | 1,146 | 4.27 | |
| Kelvin Davis | 771 | 2.87 | |
| Ryan Olson | 346 | 1.29 | |
| Total votes | 26,819 | 100.00 | |