<P> The city of Atlanta, Georgia held a non-partisan mayoral election on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 . Incumbent Mayor Kasim Reed, a member of the Democratic Party who has been in office since 2010, was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits . </P> <P> No candidate received an absolute majority, so a runoff was held between the top two finishers on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 . Atlanta City Council member Keisha Lance Bottoms appeared to have won, according to unofficial results on election night, but City Council member Mary Norwood called for a recount . </P> <P> The election was first certified on December 11, 2017, and showed Bottoms remain in the lead with 46,667, or 50.45 percent, and Norwood had 45,835, or 49.55 percent thus increasing her lead to 832 while still remaining below the 1 percent threshold needed to avoid a recount . The recount, which occurred on December 14, 2017, showed that Norwood picked up five votes and Bottoms lost six in Fulton County, while DeKalb County remained the same . The election was re-certified on December 17, 2017 after Fulton County accepted the new results . Norwood officially conceded the race to Lance Bottoms on December 21, 2017 . Lance Bottoms was sworn in as the 60th Mayor of Atlanta, GA on January 2, 2018 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Peter Aman, former Chief Operating Officer of Atlanta </Li> <Li> Rohit Ammanamanchi, Georgia Institute of Technology graduate </Li> <Li> Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta City Councilmember (District 11) </Li> <Li> John Eaves, Fulton County Chairman, District 7, At - Large </Li> <Li> Vincent Fort, Georgia State Senator </Li> <Li> Kwanza Hall, Atlanta City Councilmember (District 2) </Li> <Li> Laban King, co-founder of the real estate investment firm, Millennial Global Investments </Li> <Li> Ceasar Mitchell, Atlanta City Council President </Li> <Li> Mary Norwood, Atlanta City Councilmember (Post 2 At Large) and candidate for Mayor in 2009 </Li> <Li> Cathy Woolard, former Atlanta City Council President </Li> <Li> Glenn Wrightson </Li> </Ul>

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