Peter Aman enters 2017 Atlanta mayoral race
Peter Aman, who took a two-year hiatus as partner at Bain & Company to be Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s first chief operating officer, has formally entered the 2017 mayoral race.
Aman officially filed his declaration of intent with the state and city on Tuesday. He said he plans to retire from Bain in June and will spend the bulk of his time on the campaign.
“I believe we can always do more — we can do more in our personal lives and we can do more as a city,” Aman said when asked why he jumped into the race. “Specifically, Atlanta has an opportunity to redefine what it means to be a vibrant, united and livable city. We can balance the vibrancy of New York with the livability of a medium-sized town.”
Aman is the sixth person to officially declare candidacy to become Atlanta’s 60th mayor. Others with significant political experience are Ceasar Mitchell, president of the Atlanta City Council; State Rep. Margaret Kaiser; and Georgia Equality lobbyist and former Atlanta council president Cathy Woolard.
As the city’s chief operating officer, Aman was responsible for managing all city departments and 7,000 employees. He also has served on the boards of Atlanta Committee for Progress, the Atlanta Police Foundation, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and The Galloway School.
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Dan Klepal is editor of the local government team, supervising nine reporters covering county and municipal governments and metro Atlanta. Klepal came to the AJC in 2012, after a long career covering city halls in Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky. He has covered Gwinnett and Cobb counties before spending three years on the investigative team.
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