Morning rundown of the Atlanta mayoral and City Council races
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Here are some of the upsets, victories and head-scratchers in yesterday’s election:
Mayor’s race: Borders’ loss, Reed’s gain
The frontrunner in the race, Councilwoman Mary Norwood, took 45 percent of the vote, roughly five percentage points shy of an outright win (no surprise there). What’s a little more shocking is the epic stumble of City Council President Lisa Borders. State Sen. Kasim Reed, who will face Norwood in a Dec. 1 runoff, got 38 percent of the vote — a whopping 24-percentage-point lead over Borders. In September, Borders’ polling numbers dropped from 34 to 27 points. Last week, an Insider Advantage poll had her at 16 percent. She wound up with 14 percent. What happened to Lisa?
City Council President: Horseshoes and hand grenades
Councilman Ceasar Mitchell was a mere 125 376 votes shy of winning the City Council Prez seat. Instead, Mitchell — who got 49.78 49.4 percent of the vote — will face face Clair Muller in the runoff. The big WTF? is this: City Council heckler Dave Walker somehow got 10 percent of the vote, most likely forcing the runoff.











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