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Results from Atlanta elections Tuesday Nov. 7

Alison Gross weighs in on the mayors race at Grady High School. Video by John Spink/AJC
By Brian O'Shea
Nov 8, 2017

The election of a new Atlanta mayor, expected to require a runoff, is just one of many elections across metro Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

Voters were also choosing a new chairman for the Fulton County Commission and several replacements for the Georgia Legislature. The city of Roswell vote will determine the successor to Mayor Jere Wood, who was first elected in 1997.

UPDATED: How every neighborhood in Atlanta voted for mayor

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Brian O'Shea is a senior digital producer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He works with the newsroom to identify topics of interest to Atlanta readers and also works with voter guides and election results. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and The Ohio State University Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism.

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