Posted on 12/01/2021 10:42:55 AM PST by Red Badger
Atlanta City Council member Andre Dickens won a runoff election Tuesday to become the city's next mayor.
The election centered on the issue of rising violent crime in the city. Dickens successfully argued that he would be a more effective leader on the issue than rival Felicia Moore, the current City Council president.
Moore had been the leading candidate initially in the round of voting that began on Nov. 2.
Incumbent Democratic Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms this past spring surprised the political world when announcing she would not seek reelection. Bottoms, an outspoken Trump critic, was considered a rising party star in a once Red state that last year voted for Democrat Joe Biden for president.
Dickens, a 47-year-old engineer and Atlanta native, joined the city council in 2013. He effectively made the case that his wide variety of experience would allow him to address crime as well as affordable housing and expanding opportunities for the city's poorest residents.
Dickens wound up in second place after the Nov. 2 vote, pushing past two-term former Mayor Kasim Reed, who finished third and was shut out of the runoff. Dickens received endorsements from Bottoms and a number of his fellow Nov. 2 competitors.
As is the case in many major cities across the country, Atlanta has seen a frightening rise in murders over the last many months. As of early November, killings were up 10% year-over-year, an 59% compared with 2019, according to Atlanta police data.
Dickens campaigned on cracking down on gangs, increasing the number of police officers on the city's force, and implement community policing practices.
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Less than two months ago, City Councilman Andre Dickens was stuck in a distant third place. On Tuesday night, he won the right to become Atlanta’s 61st Mayor.
With 100% of precincts in, Andre Dickens secured 50,071 votes (64%) against City Council President Felicia Moore’s 28,572 votes (36%).
Atlanta population just under 500k.................
They have to run on GOP platforms in their own primaries. LOL
It remains to be seen if he actually follows thru, or is just talk....................
HA! Good luck with crime in Atlanta. 😆
Put in a call to Lightfoot, and Philly’s mayor for some pointers.
He could round up every single any in a large ant hill long before he can stop the criminal gangs in Atlanta.
Make no mistake, the money people in ATL who got him elected gave him one real job: don’t let Buckhead secede from the city like Sandy Springs did.
Absent Buckhead money/taxes, the Mayor will have to turn in his leased SUVs.
Is he a “first” in any category? Not the first black. Is he gay? Don’t think so. What does he actually bring to the table?
Emperor Jones... had to look that up...........I don’t think this is that far left of field.....................
From “Mayor Bottoms” to “Mayor Dickens” heck am I supposed to blush as I read these names.
Crime won’t stop until the intoxication levels go down IMHO.
That’s what the people of Atlanta really need to decide.
Liberia ??
That’s about the only solution.
Mogadishu................
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