1981 Atlanta City Council election

October 6, 1981October 27, 1981 (runoff) 1981 Atlanta City Council election Flag of Atlanta.svg 1977 Atlanta City Council election 1977 1985 Atlanta City Council election 1985 All 19 seats on the Atlanta City Council The 1981 Atlanta City Council took place on October 6, 1981, to elect the Atlanta City Council, with a runoff held on October 27, 1981. The election took place concurrently with the 1981 Atlanta mayoral election.https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/AFLCIO/id/79235/ Atlanta city elections, printed mateirals, 1981 1981 AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department Records Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta 131Wayback Machine https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/-/media/Project/FultonCountyGa/remos/elections/October-1981-Atlanta-General.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20251217194038/https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/-/media/Project/FultonCountyGa/remos/elections/October-1981-Atlanta-General.pdf 2025-12-17 2025-12-17 www.fultoncountyga.govWayback Machine https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/-/media/Project/FultonCountyGa/remos/elections/October-1981-Atlanta-Runoff.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20251217194059/https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/-/media/Project/FultonCountyGa/remos/elections/October-1981-Atlanta-Runoff.pdf 2025-12-17 2025-12-17 www.fultoncountyga.gov Council President Declared candidates Marvin S. Arrington Sr. (won) Arthur Langford Jr. Harold Williams District 1 Wilma Denise Jackson Debby McCarty District 2 Charles Allen Bill Campbell (won) Carrie Copeland Grace Davis Mercedes King District 3 Declared candidates Charles Bennett James Howard David Reeves Withdrawn candidates M. G. Amos District 4 James Bond Thomas Cuffie Robert "Tree" Reese Hildred Shumake Jr District 5 Jerome Carithers Morris Finley Amos Moore Johnny Williams Disqualified candidates J. Jackson District 6 Mary Davis Louis Foster District 7 Buddy Fowlkes District 8 Richard Guthman Jr District 9 Larkin Bell Archie Byron (won) Fredrick Gilbert Robert "Bob" Lane Verdree Lockhart Benny T. Smith Ernest Lee Wheeler District 10 Ira Jackson Larry E. Moss District 11 Jim Maddox Jacob C. Maxey Sylvester Stinson Vangie Watkins District 12 Dozier Smith Fred Steeple At-Large Post 13 Marion L. Green Sidney Hunter Robb Pitts (won) John Sweet At-Large Post 14 Carolyn Long Banks (won) Ben Perry At-Large Post 15 Sherman Barge Elaine Wiggins Lester At-Large Post 16 Barbara Miller Asher At-Large Post 17 Myrtle R. Davis (won) John H. Lewis Sr. Q. V. Williamson (incumbent) At-Large Post 18 Jack Summers John Lewis References Category:Atlanta City Council elections Category:1981 Georgia (U.S. state) elections Category:1981 United States local elections