In the latest of a host of Atlanta City Council President candidate forums, opponents Marci Collier Overstreet and Rohit Malhotra talked park pedigrees for the Greenspace Forum hosted by nonprofit Park Pride. It comes in the midst of a heated race with tense interactions and accusations of xenophobia between the duo. Most recently, the pair […]
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Packed candidate playing field readies for Atlanta elections season
It’s official: The Atlanta election season is in full swing. 59 candidates officially qualified for the ballot after the Aug. 22 deadline. Now, it’s a race to the polls — and a battle to get out the vote in Atlanta. It’s a big year for Atlanta elections. Every City Council seat is up for election. […]
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Insider or outsider? Atlanta City Council president voters have clear choice
The election for Atlanta city council president promises to be the most highly charged race in the city in 2025. By the end of qualifying on Aug. 22, only two candidates had put their hats in the ring — Atlanta City Councilmember Marci Collier Overstreet and Rohit Malhotra, a nonprofit leader who is on leave […]
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CCI’s Rohit Malhotra announces run for Atlanta City Council president
The race for Atlanta’s City Council President is becoming more competitive. Rohit Malhotra, the founder of the Center for Civic Innovation (CCI), is running for the office. He filed his paperwork on May 9, becoming the second candidate in the race. Atlanta City Council member Marci Overstreet announced she is running for the position in […]
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City Council president candidates pitch ways to help small businesses
By John Ruch Big business may pull the political strings in Atlanta, but small business drives much of the economy and culture. Four of the candidates for City Council president were grilled on ways to help the sector at a Sept. 25 forum, one of a small-business series hosted by the Old Fourth Ward Business […]
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In forum on housing affordability, council president candidates reveal how they think and lead
The leading City Council president candidates gave some revelatory answers at a Sept. 11 forum focused on housing affordability. Revelatory not because they or Atlanta are likely to magically solve the nationally intractable affordability problem, but exactly because they’re not. Granted, the next council prez — whose powers are mostly procedural — might collaborate with […]
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Atlanta election day updates — Bottoms, Norwood to mayoral runoff
It’s election day in Atlanta. We’ll be posting updates here.
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Nearly $600,000 raised in contest to lead Atlanta City Council
Three members of Atlanta City Council are asking voters to promote them to president of the body. The three have reported raising almost $600,000 in total campaign funds.
