2009 Atlanta City Council election

2009 Atlanta City Council election

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The 2009 Atlanta City Council election was held on November 3, 2009 for all 16 seats on the Atlanta City Council, with a runoff for several seats on December 1, 2009. It was held concurrently with the 2009 Atlanta mayoral election.

Council President

Declared candidates

• Ceasar C. Mitchell
• Clair McLeod Muller
• Dave Gregory Walker.^[1]

2009 Atlanta City Council election, Council President^[2]

Candidate		Votes	%
Caesar Mitchell		33,453	48.67
Clair Muller		28,737	41.81
Dave Walker		6,326	9.20
Write-in votes		222	0.32
Total votes		68,738	100.00

Runoff candidates

• Ceasar C. Mitchell
• Clair McLeod Muller

2009 Atlanta City Council election, Council President^[3]

Candidate		Votes	%
Caesar Mitchell		39,233	55.05
Clair Muller		32,031	44.95

At-Large Post 1

Declared candidates

• Michael Julian Bond
• Adam Brackman
• Dwanda Farmer
• Chris Vaughan^[4]

At-Large Post 2

Declared candidates

• Amir Farokhi
• Weslee Knapp
• Aaron Watson

At-Large Post 3

Declared candidates

• Shelitha Robertson
• H. Lamar Willis

District 1

Declared candidates

• Carla Smith (unopposed)

District 2

Declared candidates

• Kwanza Hall (unopposed)

District 3

Declared candidates

• Ivory Lee Young Jr
• Darrion Fletcher

District 4

Declared candidates

• Cleta Winslow
• Lashawn M. Hoffman
• Deborah Williams
• Sidney Wood

District 5

Declared candidates

• Natalyn Mosby Archibong (i, unopposed)

District 6

Declared candidates

• Bahareh Azizi
• Steve Brodie
• Tad Christian
• Liz Coyle
• Miguel Gallegos
• Alex Wan

District 7

Declared candidates

• Howard Shook (unopposed)

District 8

Declared candidates

• Yolanda Adrean
• Richard Coleman Jr

District 9

Declared candidates

• Felicia Moore (unopposed)

District 10

Declared candidates

• C. T. Martin (unopposed)

District 11

Declared candidates

• Keisha Lance Bottoms
• Ray Abram
• Johnny Dixon
• A. Reginald Eaves
• Morris Finley
• Silas G. Kevil
• Edith Ladipo
• Alvelyn Sanders
• Juanita M. Smith

District 12

Declared candidates

• Joyce Sheperd
• Curtis Davis Jr
• Keisha Waites

References

1. Hunt, April (September 14, 2009). "Candidates run for city posts". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
2. "Election Summary Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011.
3. "Election Summary Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 Dec 2025.
4. "Wayback Machine". www.fultoncountyga.gov. Archived from the original on 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2025-12-14.