With 100 percent of the 172 precincts reporting, Bottoms came
at the head of the pack with 25,347 votes (26 percent). Mary Norwood took the
second place spot with the 20,144 votes (21 percent). A total of 12 candidates
were on the ballot.
Bottoms and Norwood are both members of the Atlanta City
Council.
Back on October 11, incumbent Mayor Kasim Reed publicly
endorsed Bottoms’ bid to become his successor. Reed defeated Norwood in the mayoral race office back in 2009.
Bottoms is a Magma Cum Laude alumna of the FAMU School of
Journalism and Graphic Communication. She is married with four children.