Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and criminal justice advocates are calling for Sheriff Patrick Labat’s new misdemeanor jail booking policy to take effect sooner than July 1. The change, they said, is needed to address overcrowding at the Rice Street jail and prevent vulnerable people from unnecessarily entering the system. An additional factor is […]
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Vote, vote! Metro Atlanta – different locations and times
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When a campaign story creates backlash and conversation on race
In a recent SaportaReport story about the Sandy Springs mayoral race, I referred to candidate Dontaye Carter as “Black.” The sentence came just before a few lines on his platform, which includes a call for greater city support of minority-owned businesses and deeper engagement with Sandy Springs’ diverse communities. That single word — Black — […]
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Atlanta Press Club’s U.S. Senate runoff debate is canceled with both candidates unconfirmed
The Atlanta Press Club has canceled its U.S. Senate runoff debate after both candidates did not confirm their attendance.
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Buckhead cityhood candidates lose in a still-blue neighborhood
Election Day brought more bad news for the Buckhead cityhood movement, as its endorsed local candidates all lost and the neighborhood continued voting blue in major races.
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Republicans win Georgia state offices
Republicans will continue to be in charge at the Gold Dome in Atlanta. But the race for U.S. Senate from Georgia is headed to a runoff.
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Georgia Dems decide nominees for top office
Now comes the drama: Will Georgians choose Democrats for top state offices for the first time in nearly a generation?
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Trump train sputters, but conservative wins continue among Georgia Republicans
The blessing of a Queens real estate developer isn’t the magic it was four years ago.
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County commissions, school boards and Buckhead cityhood slate are among lesser-known races taking shape
By John Ruch The attention-grabbing melees for governor and a U.S. Senate seat were among the 2022 election battles finalized by the official candidate qualifying deadline of March 11, but many other races took shape, too, including county commission and school board races and a slate of pro-cityhood candidates in Buckhead. Throwing in the Congressional […]
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Dickens is next Atlanta mayor as runoff election shakes up city government
Andre Dickens will be the next mayor of Atlanta after trouncing Felicia Moore in a Nov. 30 runoff election that brought several other big changes to city government.
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Buckhead’s Mary Norwood becomes a mayoral campaign issue, hires election monitoring company
Mary Norwood isn’t running in the mayoral race for a change, but Buckhead’s City Councilmember-elect has become a last-minute campaign issue between the two runoff candidates as sparks fly about Trump and Black voters. Meanwhile, Norwood herself says she has privately hired a company to monitor the election for voting problems.
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Reporter’s Notebook: More on Atlanta’s ongoing election cycle
The City of Atlanta has entered the “Green Zone” of its COVID-19 reopening plan, and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms lifted the city’s mask mandate, which has been in effect since late July. While masks are still required in all City of Atlanta facilities, private businesses and restaurants can decide if they want folks to mask […]
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Dickens and Moore head to runoff for Atlanta mayor as Reed concedes
Andre Dickens and Felicia Moore are headed to a Nov. 30 runoff election for mayor of Atlanta as close third-place finisher Kasim Reed conceded.
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Atlanta mayoral contest, other big races head for Nov. 30 runoffs
On an Election Night that coincided with the Braves winning the World Series, many races were headed into a Game 2 of their own. The contests for mayor, City Council president, and several council seats — including those held by two incumbents — appeared to be headed for runoffs Nov. 30, according to unofficial election results that were still trickling in well after midnight.
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Will Democrats’ ‘blue wave’ push in suburban city elections drown nonpartisan tradition?
From Tucker to Sandy Springs, the state Democratic Party is making good on plans to run candidates in suburban city elections. Think local ripples from the “blue wave” that already washed Republicans out of north metro Congressional and General Assembly seats, helped flip Georgia to Biden, and, Democrats hope, puts one of their own in the Governor’s Office in 2022.
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East Point resident fills local elections information gap with “East Point Votes”
Who is running for office? What is their stance on issues that matter most to me? These are a few questions that East Point resident Seth Rikard struggled to find an answer to during the 2017 election cycle. While the decisions of local elected officials impact us daily, finding information on the races and candidates […]
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In a monumental moment, top mayoral candidates agree on changing the ‘Atlanta Way’
If you think 2021 is just another city election, wake up and smell this coffee: All five candidates with any shot at being the next mayor agree that it’s time to reform the “Atlanta Way.”
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Forum spotlights lesser-known Atlanta mayoral candidates, Clifton Corridor transit
A mayoral mega-forum featuring 13 of the 14 candidates on Oct. 5 spotlighted some of the lesser-known contenders and let them all weigh in on such issues as a new MARTA rail line to Emory University.
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Councilmember asks top mayoral candidates to sign ‘Buckhead Pledge’ amid cityhood movement
Buckhead-area Atlanta City Councilmember J.P. Matzigkeit is asking the top-polling mayoral candidates to sign a pledge to carry out 10 policy proposals that he says would address the controversial movement for the neighborhood to become its own city.
