Franklin to vote for Reed for Atlanta mayor
Stopping short of calling it an endorsement, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin announced Monday that she will vote for Kasim Reed to succeed her.
Franklin, who has been mum on who she is supporting, made her announcement in an interview with CNN. Reed was Franklin's campaign manager in her two bids for mayor.
Reed and City Council President Lisa Borders are trailing frontrunner Mary Norwood, a city councilwoman. Each is hoping to end up in a runoff with Norwood in Tuesday's election.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
