{"id":30921,"date":"2021-12-01T12:01:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=30921"},"modified":"2023-09-24T16:08:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T20:08:44","slug":"atlanta-reacts-to-andre-dickens-winning-the-mayors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=30921","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta reacts to Andre Dickens winning the mayor&#8217;s race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"\/tag\/Atlanta\">Atlanta<\/a> voters overwhelmingly chose <a href=\"\/tag\/Andre-Dickens\">Andre Dickens<\/a> to be the city&#8217;s 61st mayor in Tuesday&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dickens beat Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore in the runoff election, getting more than 60% of the vote. In the Nov. 2 election, Dickens was overshadowed by former mayor Kasim Reed&#8217;s bid to regain his old post, and shocked voters and pundits alike when he edged out Reed to earn his spot in a runoff against Moore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the general election, Dickens received about 24% of the vote to Moore&#8217;s 40%, but in the weeks that followed Dickens gained major endorsements and support &#8212; including the endorsement of Atlanta&#8217;s current mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"\/city\/Atlanta\"   title=\"Atlanta\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Atlanta<\/a> residents and leaders were clearly behind Dickens, and many expressed their excitement about the Mayor-elect on Twitter Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a sampling of what Atlantans are saying about their newly-elected mayor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to Atlanta Mayor-Elect Andre Dickens, Council President-Elect Doug Shipman and all the new and returning members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atlcouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@atlcouncil<\/a>. MARTA looks forward to your leadership and working together to improve transit. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andreforatlanta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andreforatlanta<\/a> @DougShip<\/p>&mdash; MARTA (@MARTAtransit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MARTAtransit\/status\/1466076804997861379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Scog63\/status\/1466081647384838150\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/PrettiGurlKee_\/status\/1466076325677051916\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Fifth District has a friend in the next Mayor of Atlanta, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andreforatlanta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andreforatlanta<\/a> Andre Dickens. Andre is not only a friend but a fraternity brother. I&#39;m looking forward to him doing great things for the people of Atlanta. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N819iG77Yq\">https:\/\/t.co\/N819iG77Yq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FrVYs8BRLU\">pic.twitter.com\/FrVYs8BRLU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Alderman Lamont J. Robinson (@LamontJRobinson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LamontJRobinson\/status\/1466071844109398022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A huge congratulations to Andre Dickens on being elected the next Mayor of Atlanta. <br><br>It is a unique privilege to see a former student of mine at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgiaStateU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeorgiaStateU<\/a> rise to be an inspired leader for the Atlanta community!<\/p>&mdash; Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (@RepBourdeaux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBourdeaux\/status\/1466069087340187656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andre Dickens won the Atlanta Mayoral race largely by flipping eastside liberals, who were likely voting strategically for Moore in the general as an anti-Kasim vote.  Moore got 53% of the general election vote in Candler Park precinct, but only 33% in the runoff. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qzV9NIj2b7\">pic.twitter.com\/qzV9NIj2b7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ben King (@GaMichMan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaMichMan\/status\/1466068110381826051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Sirmarcusgreen\/status\/1466067126008135683\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andre Dickens gonna turn downtown atlanta into downtown buckhead<\/p>&mdash; NATE ROZE (@naterxze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naterxze\/status\/1466056852228251660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to my friend and Colleague Andre Dickens on on the occasion of his great victory!!! &#8211; @andre4atlanta Andre  is our 61st Mayor of Atlanta! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xMcKfFCMlL\">pic.twitter.com\/xMcKfFCMlL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Michael Julian Bond (@Michael_J_Bond) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael_J_Bond\/status\/1466056173887668230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AtlantaMayor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AtlantaMayor<\/a> elect Andre Dickens!! Wishing you much success and looking forward to future collaboration!! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0zRjVbi0SO\">pic.twitter.com\/0zRjVbi0SO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Anat Sultan-Dadon \ud83c\udf97\ufe0f (@AnatSultanDadon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnatSultanDadon\/status\/1466055717354446848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I remember when Andre Dickens first joined city council, now he the mayor.<\/p>&mdash; Tampico Papi (@ChuBakaFlocka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuBakaFlocka\/status\/1466054446413189123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=5]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta voters overwhelmingly chose Andre Dickens to be the city&#8217;s 61st mayor in Tuesday&#8217;s election. Dickens beat Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore in the runoff election, getting more than 60% of the vote. In the Nov. 2 election, Dickens was overshadowed by former mayor Kasim Reed&#8217;s bid to regain his old post, and shocked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10524,8482,8472,8473],"class_list":["post-30921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-andre-dickens","tag-atlanta","tag-fulton-county","tag-media","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}