Atlanta mayoral candidate concedes in race decided by about 700 votes

[Eugene]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Two weeks after Atlanta’s bitterly contested mayoral runoff election, Mary Norwood, a white independent, conceded late Wednesday night to black Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Bottoms, a former city councilwoman, defeated Norwood in the Dec. 5 runoff election by 759 votes. Norwood said the election, with a margin of victory of less than 1%, was “too close to call” and requested a recount.

After the recount showed Bottoms winning 46,661 votes to Norwood’s 45,840 — a margin of 821 votes — Norwood refused last week to concede, citing potential voting irregularities in some areas of the city.

But in a YouTube video posted after 10 p.m. Wednesday, Norwood changed her stance, saying: “Although there were some irregularities with the election, I have decided not to contest it. For the future of this city, I believe it is the right thing to do to move on and hold a new administration accountable to serve this great city well.”

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By Jenny Jarvie
DECEMBER 20, 2017, 10:25 PM | REPORTING FROM ATLANTA


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-atlanta-mayor-20171220-story.html

[kevink077]

1. Still bitter

Her concession video was pretty bitter but don't except anything less from a republican.

[7962]

3. She was not a republican.

She has been a community activist for years, hardly a republican trait. Cronyism in Atl is as bad as Chicago in the good ol days.
She may have been a breath of fresh air. Again losing by the slimmest of margins

[Hoyt]

7. I saw a lot of Mary Norwood signs in heavily GOPer neighborhoods, right next to other GOPer signs.

She might not be an official Republican, but she sure appealed to them.

[7962]

8. She was also endorsed by former Mayor Shirley Franklin, a Democrat, among others.

[forkol]

12. Which didn't mean much....

Many in the black community believed Norwood was a closet GOP'er, and it didn't help she was spouting crap about 'busing in of illegitimate voters'. Who does that sound like?

[onetexan]

14. sounds like a repug in disguise

they can't win without lying/deceiving.

[George II]

9. From what I can find, her campaign was staffed by republicans and she received lots of donations...

....from republicans. She did not endorse Democrat Jon Ossuff in the recent special election.

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. If it walks like a ...

[ehrnst]

15. Norwood is about as "Independent" as Joe Leibermann. (nt)

[IronLionZion]

5. Independent

[NurseJackie]

10. Correct. On both counts.

[lostnfound]

2. Only adjectives in lede of story are black and white?? In 2017?

God. If it’s black Vs white candidate, skin color is how they describe people. If it was white and white, they’d tell us occupation. Such one dimensional thinking.

[7962]

4. And the LA Times of all papers! nt

[ProfessorGAC]

6. 92,000 Votes?

In a city the size of Atlanta? That seems awfully low. Maybe it's because it was the run off and not the regular election, but still...

[George II]

11. Fulton County turnout was about 20%.