CONTRIBUTING
AJC staffers Jaime Sarrio, Tammy Joyner and Kaley Castillo as well as contributors Carolyn Cunningham, Tucker McQueen, Karen Huppertz, Mark Woolsey, Bill Banks, Jill Howard Church and Monroe Roark compiled this report.
Qualifying ended this week for most city elections in Georgia, which includes city councils and city school districts. Below are the contested races in metro Atlanta cities that will wind up on the Nov. 5 ballot. Candidates running unopposed are not on this list. Candidates with an (i) beside their names are incumbents.
Alpharetta: CITY COUNCIL: Post 1, Doug DeRito and Donald Mitchell (i)
Atlanta: MAYOR: Al Bartell, Fraser Duke, Kasim Reed (i) and Glenn Wrightson; Council President: Ceasar Mitchell (i) and Rachele Fruit; Post 2 At-Large: Mary Norwood and Aaron Watson (i); Post 3 At-Large: Andre Dickens and H. Lamar Willis (i); District 1: Bill Powell, Carla Smith (i) and Robert Welsh; District 3: Patricia Harris-Crayton, Darrion Fletcher and Ivory Lee Young Jr. (i); District 4: Torrie "Torry" Lewis, DeBorah "Sister" Williams and Cleta Winslow (i); District 5: Natalyn Mosby Archibong (i), Christian Enterkin, Jonathan W. Jones, John Paul Michalik and Matthew Rinker; District 6: Tracey Austin, Mike Boyle and Alex Wan (i); District 7: Abid Haque, Bobby Montgomery and Howard Shook (i); District 9: Felicia Moore (i), Ricardo Mosby and Duwon Mooley Robinson; District 11: Keisha Lance Bottoms (i) and Ron Shakir; District 12: Michael Jackson and Joyce Sheperd (i)
Avondale Estates: CITY COMMISSION (top two are elected): Randy Beebe, Samantha Harrell, Terry Giager and Gene Lee
Berkeley Lake: CITY COUNCIL: three seats, Rodney Hammond, Pekka Ignatius, Scott Lee (i), Chip McDaniel and Jeff Morgan
Canton: CITY COUNCIL: Ward 1, Sandra McGrew, Bob Reilly and Clint Weatherby; Ward 2, Ari Durham and Bill Grant; Ward 3, Molly Lewis, John Rust, Tom Sanders and Farris Yawn
Chamblee: CITY COUNCIL: At-Large, Brian Mock and Scott M. Taylor (i)
Clarkston: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor, Emanual Ransom (i), Ibrahim Awow Sufi and Edward "Ted" Terry; Council At-Large, Christopher Busing, Birendra Dhakel, Ahmed Hassan, Robert Hogan and Dean Moore (i)
College Park: CITY COUNCIL: Ward 4, R.L. "Coco" Bright, Roderick Gay and Charles E. Phillips
Decatur: SCHOOL BOARD: District 1, Mark Arnold and Lewis Jones
Duluth: CITY COUNCIL: Post 1, Marsha Anderson Bomar (i), David Kenneth Cossette and Chaohan (Louis) Tseng; Post 2, Kirkland Dion Carden, James Thomas (Jim) Dugan (i) and Seth David Grey
Dunwoody: CITY COUNCIL: Post 1, David Davis, Denis Shortal (i) and Henly Shelton; Post 2, William "AJ" Mercier, Jim Riticher and Heyward Wescott; Post 3, Sam Eads and Doug Thompson (i)
East Point: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor, Andrew Korta, Clyde Mitchell, Jannquell Peters and Earnestine Pittman (i); Ward A, John Fowler, Sharonda Hubbard (i), Alexia Ryan and Sharon Denise Shropshire; Ward B, Corrie Claiborne, Karen Rene' and Marie Williams; Ward C, Marcel Reed (i) and Nanette Saucier; Ward D, Derrick Foreman, Delores Harmon, Deana Ingraham, DeAndre Pickett and Jacqueline Slaughter-Gibbins (i)
Forest Park: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor, Sparkle Adams, Mike Gippert and David Lockhart (i); Ward 1, Kimberly James and Tommy Smith (i); Ward 2, Carl Scott Evans, Luke Gawal, Sheena Low and Deverick Williams
Hampton: CITY COUNCIL: three at-large seats, Carlton Grant, Charles Hearn (i), Arley Lowe, Martin Meeks (i), Mary Ann Mitcham (i), Ann N. Tarpley; special election to fill vacant seat (two-year term), Zakery Daniel and Frederick DeRuvo
Johns Creek: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor, Mike Bodker (i) and Bev Miller; Post 1, Randall Johnson (i) and Leonard Zaprowski; Post 3, Corinth Davenport, Karen Richardson (i) and Nancy Rienecke
Kennesaw: CITY COUNCIL: Post 3, Leonard Church, Bruce Jenkins (i) and Briggett Washington; Post 4, Jimmy Dickens, Matt Riedemann (i) and Debra Williams; Post 5, Jeff Duckett (i) and Jim Sebastion
Lawrenceville: CITY COUNCIL: Post 4, Renita Hamilton, Rory Johnson, Keith Roche and Larry Troutman
Locust Grove: CITY COUNCIL: three at-large seats, Keith Boone (i), Samuel Brown (i), James Rosser (i), Viann Doerr, Donald Dunlap
Marietta: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor, Charley Levinson and Steve Tumlin (i); Ward 1, Stuart Fleming and Annette Lewis; Ward 4, Marshall Dye and Andy Morris (i) ; Ward 5, Anthony Coleman and Doug Martin; CITY SCHOOLS BOARD: Ward 1, Brett Bitner (i), Justin Clarke and Christopher Everett; Ward 5, Paul Gilreath and Jeriene Grimes
McDonough: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor, Billy Copeland (i) and Wayne Smith; council at-large, Rufus Amis (i), Roger Pruitt, Vincent Smith and Swaine Thompson; District 2, I. Darryl Payton and Sandra Vincent (i)
Riverdale: CITY COUNCIL: Ward 3, Wanda Wallace (i) and Claude Tate
Roswell: CITY COUNCIL: Post 4, Kent Igleheart (i) and Harvey Smith; Post 5, Jerry Orlans (i) and Eric Schumacher; Post 6, Kendra Myers Cox and Nancy Diamond (i)
Sandy Springs: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor, Rusty Paul and Bob Brown; District 3, Graham McDonald and Barbara Malone; District 4, Gabriel Sterling and Tochie Blad, District 6, Andy Bauman, Petty Berkovitz, Jennifer Steele, John Stoj and Sonja Tonpea
Snellville: CITY COUNCIL: Post 3, Alisa Boykin and Tom Witts (i); Post 4, Dexter Harrison and Bobby Howard (i); Post 5, Barbara Bender and Mike Sabbagh (i)
Stockbridge: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor, Mark Alarcon (i), Vanessa Holiday, Houston Nelson III and Timothy Thompson; two at-large seats, Harold Cochran (i), Shirley Dabney (i), Anthony Ford, Lakeisha Gantt, George Hawxhurst, Tonja Meadows and Bruce Smith Sr.
Stone Mountain: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor, Cyril Mungal and Patricia Wheeler (i); Post 5, Steve Higgins (i) and Diana Roe Hollis; Post 6, Andrea Redmond and David Thomas
Woodstock: CITY COUNCIL: Ward 1, Warren Johnson and John W. Szczesniak; Ward 3, Judith A. "Judy" Davila and Robert W. Mueller (i); Ward 5, Susan L. Jones and Bud Leonard (i)
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