1997 Atlanta City Council election

Local election in Georgia November 4, 1997November 25, 1997 (runoff) 1997 Atlanta City Council election Flag of Atlanta.svg 1993 Atlanta City Council election 1993 2001 Atlanta City Council election 2001 All 16 seats on the Atlanta City Council The 1997 Atlanta City Council election occurred on November 4, 1997, with a runoff election held on November 25, 1997. The election and runoff took place concurrently with the 1997 Atlanta mayoral election.Georgia Digital Library of Southern voice. (Atlanta, Georgia) 1988-20??, October 02, 1997, Image 9 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn61311684/1997-10-02/ed-1/seq-9/1997-11-05 The Atlanta Journal from Atlanta, Georgia https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/979748614/ 2025-12-13 Newspapers.com en-US It was the first election since three of the six at-large posts were abolished. Council President Robb Pitts,Georgia Digital Library of Southern voice. (Atlanta, Georgia) 1988-20??, October 02, 1997, Image 9 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn61311684/1997-10-02/ed-1/seq-9/ won Debby McCarty Carolyn Long Banks Alveta King Dave Walker At-Large Post 1 Mable Thomas, for state representative; won Paul Bolster Marcia Briscoe Chester Dixon Khadijah Abdur-Rahman John Lewis Sr. Sidney Wood Jr. At-Large Post 2 Julie Emmons, won Sheila Martin-Brown (i) John Garst At-Large Post 3 Doug Alexander (i), won Pam Alexander (i) Thomas Cox Jr Leonard Tate Rhonda Finley Virginia Gray District 1 Vern McCarty (i), won Malcolm Gideons Ruthie Garrett-Walls Fred Martin II Joe Gadson Angela Stovall Gary Duncan Jr. District 2 Debi Starnes (i), won Jim Boyd III James Lewis District 3 Michael Julian Bond (i), won Raymond Davis Hiram Scott Al Stewart Kevin Jones District 4 Cleta Winslow (i), won Georgianne Thomas Kathryn Flowers District 5 Sherry Dorsey, won Natalyn Mosby Archibong Stanley Jackson Hubert Merchant Jr. Steven Suna Sulton Charles Ellison Annie Ward Mark Henderson District 6 Cathy Woolard, won Mary Davis (i) Joe Gordon Joe Kelly District 7 Lee Morris (i, uncontested), won District 8 Clair Muller (i), won Frederick Anton District 9 Felicia Moore, won Jarrod Samples (i) District 10 C. T. Martin (i), won Juner Norris District 11 Jim Maddox (i), won Lonnie Hollis Vangie Watkins Edith Lapido James Smith District 12 Derrick Boazman, won Richard Byrd Julie Brown Lionell Gantt References Category:Atlanta City Council elections Category:1997 United States local elections Category:1997 Georgia (U.S. state) elections