Mayor, City Council qualifying ends ... here’s the list

Jesus, and we thought the Atlanta City Council District 6 race was crowded.

Atlanta City Councilman Jim Maddox’s surprise decision not to seek re-election has apparently caused a District 11 free-for-all. At the end of qualifying on Friday, nine candidates had filed to run to represent the southwest Atlanta district.

There are some familiar names who wants to take over Maddox’s office. Former Fulton Commissioner Reginald Eaves, Jr., is one. He’s got a interesting past. Another is Morris “Mo” Finley, a former councilman whose last attempt at office was city council president in 2001. (He won only three percent of the vote.) Keisha Lance Bottoms, who last year ran an unsuccessful bid against Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford for his seat, also wants to represent the district.

Councilmembers Carla Smith, Kwanza Hall, Natalyn Archibong, Howard Shook, Felicia Moore and C.T. Martin will run unopposed, which essentially means they’ve already won another term. The only way to make it on the ballot now is as a write-in candidate. And good luck with that.

There are a lot of familiar names in the races. Perennial candidates, former elected officials, rabble-rousers and the like. See who you can spot.

After the jump, the list of who qualified to earn a place on the Nov. 3 ballot.