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Kenneth Darnell Hill (Georgia)
Kenneth Darnell Hill ran for election for Mayor of Atlanta in Georgia. Hill lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Biography
Hill earned his B.A. in economics from the University of California, San Diego. He worked for The Home Depot for 30 years prior to his retirement. Hill and his wife founded The Launchpad Foundation after his retirement.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Mayoral election in Atlanta, Georgia (2021)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Atlanta
Andre Dickens defeated Felicia Moore in the general runoff election for Mayor of Atlanta on November 30, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andre Dickens (Nonpartisan) | 63.4 | 50,709 |
 | Felicia Moore (Nonpartisan) | 36.6 | 29,223 | |
| Total votes: 79,932 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Atlanta
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Atlanta on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Felicia Moore (Nonpartisan) | 40.7 | 39,520 |
| ✔ | | Andre Dickens (Nonpartisan) | 23.0 | 22,343 |
 | Kasim Reed (Nonpartisan) | 22.4 | 21,743 | |
| Sharon Gay (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 6,652 | ||
 | Antonio Brown (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 4,600 | |
 | Kenneth Darnell Hill (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 546 | |
 | Rebecca King (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 374 | |
| Mark Hammad (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 346 | ||
| Kirsten Dunn (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 272 | ||
| Walter Reeves (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 163 | ||
| Glenn Wrightson (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 151 | ||
 | Richard N. Wright (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 139 | |
 | Nolan English (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 100 | |
| Roosevelt Searles III (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 73 | ||
| Henry Anderson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Brandon Adkins (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 162 | ||
| Total votes: 97,184 | |||
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2017
The city of Atlanta, Georgia, held a general election for mayor, city council president, three at large council members, 13 by district council members, and two city judges on November 7, 2017.[2] Andrea Boone defeated Kenneth Darnell Hill and Beverly Rice in the general election for District 10 seat on the city council.[3]
| Atlanta City Council District 10, General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Andrea Boone |
77.25% | 5,965 |
| Kenneth Darnell Hill | 12.25% | 946 |
| Beverly Rice | 10.50% | 811 |
| Total Votes | 7,722 | |
| Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "November 7, 2017 Municipal General and Special Elections," accessed November 7, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kenneth Darnell Hill did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Hill's campaign website stated the following:
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Kenny Hill has a Plan for Peace I have the conviction and a plan to eradicate corruption and the crippling crime in our city. I also have the compassion to reach and lift the disenfranchised among us. My candidacy is based on things that I have already accomplished. Housing the homeless, stabilizing fragile families with affordable housing and moving them to sustainability, improving literacy rates for early learners, revitalizing communities, improving communication between police and the community are all things that I have done as a private citizen. Atlanta deserves servant leadership that will serve and unite every community in our city. Better Public Safety I have a comprehensive plan to enlist, equip, and empower the APD called “Back The BLUEprint.” With “Back The BLUEprint”, we will be engaging officers at the beginning of them becoming Police Officers of the APD in the Academy. We will invest in the officers to empower them to become official ambassadors in the communities that they will serve. This new and innovative way of policing will become a template for other police departments. We have to respond with adequate advocacy and representation in these communities because if we don't advocate for the attention and the trust of our young people then the criminal activity will. With “Back The BLUEprint,” we are totally revisiting the impact on our officers and repositioning them to be successful on the job and in life.
"Crime is at the top of everyone’s mind, and it must be addressed, however
Better Educational Outcomes It is time for Atlanta to have a leader with compassion to do the right thing and walk hand in hand with Atlanta Public Schools to ensure that every resource needed is provided for our young people. Atlanta needs a leader who will focus on the next generation. Why? Because their future is our future. Children born in certain areas of Atlanta have less than a 4% chance of making it out of poverty. This statistical fact is directly connected to the educational opportunities available. It is on the elected leadership of our city to reach into the situations of poverty and provide a lifeline to pull people out of the situation that they didn’t ask to be in. As a new kind of Mayor for Atlanta, this is the type of leadership I will bring with the focus on providing a safe community for every community in our city.
Better Affordable Housing While the former mayor who is now running for a 3rd Term touts that his administration was an economic boom for the city, there was no Atlanta Housing Authority development. Having a budget surplus was more important than addressing the needs of the thousands in need of housing. Residents living in apartments owned by absentee or negligent landlords speak of nightly gunfire These are pockets of hopelessness and despair. These deplorable living conditions breed crime that spreads throughout the city. And now, the need of affordable housing has compounded because it's been neglected. It is time to catch up. As mayor of Atlanta, I will continue to create livable, safe, and affordable housing for the residents of this city.
Better City Leadership The severity of the challenges our city is facing is due to Compromised Leadership Career Politicians … Compromised City Leadership has led to the violent crime we are now facing in Atlanta. When the leaders of our city care more about their political careers, political agendas, and personal gain instead of providing the change needed, this type of corruption, negligence, and bureaucracy gives rise to chaos and crime. Because city leadership has not truly addressed the needs of affordable housing, educational advancement, economic equity, empowerment, and mobility, frustration and diminished hope has been bred. For example the Workforce Development Department has a history of corruption, mismanagement, and abuse. Millions of dollars have been returned to the federal government unused. Contracts have been awarded to groups with no qualifications other than their connection to the mayor. When you have City Departments that are supposed to serve the needs of the least fortunate of our city and help them rise above their plight but instead serve their own lusts this is another sign of a failed system and compromised leadership. Atlanta deserves a new kind of Mayor that will be focused on fighting for all citizens no matter if you live on the North side, the South side, the East side, or the West side. This is “Change Worth Finding.” Through my experience in business, I have learned the right way to do business. I've learned that you maintain your commitment to your associates, to your customers, to your suppliers and your shareholders. And when you lead in this manner, you don't disenfranchise anyone, and you actually enhance the forward momentum of your company. By showing compassion to all involved, you create true partnership. As a result, you have people truly pulling for the vision and pushing ahead in unity. We need leadership in Atlanta that is capable of serving as the CEO to make the hard decisions concerning crime. We also need leadership in Atlanta capable of serving as the CCO (Chief Compassion Officer) who looks at the homeless single families and the children who are not being educated to be able to compete in a global economy. Better Economic Opportunity The reason for this is clear. We don't have enough qualified developers bidding on the projects … Why? Because we have run them off with the “pay for play.” We need to reboot and regain the trust of developers to come and work in the city of Atlanta. We need to create an environment for developers where they know that the jobs are going to be issued fairly. It should not matter how well your connection to City Hall is, or to the Procurement Team, or to the Mayor's office, or the City Council. The things that should matter most are that you are qualified to do the job that you are bidding on, and you are able to complete the job on time with a high level of quality. We have to have a holistic approach to how we administer contracts in Atlanta. We have to develop a holistic approach to administering contracts that results in jobs and economic mobility for workers. We should be a model for supporting businesses that excel in service delivery and improving the well being of their employees. Better Transportation Atlanta needs to have transit-oriented development that makes accessible transportation to our work centers and our communities possible. In 2018, the City Council initiated the Transportation Department, but now there's a backlog. We have done the work, we know what needs to be done, but the same bureaucracy is now clogging the procurement process. Atlanta needs leadership that will cut through the red tape. As your Mayor, I will create pathways that eliminate corruption and get to the core of solving transportation issues in our city. I have the desire, the focus, and the resolve to make transportation a priority that yields results not excuses. We no longer can afford city leadership allowing or enabling continual delays.[4] |
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| —Kenny Hill's campaign website (2021)[5] | ||
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kenneth Darnell Hill 2017 campaign website, "About Kenny," accessed October 12, 2017
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2017 Elections and Voter Registration Calendar," accessed February 24, 2017
- ↑ City of Atlanta, "2017 General Municipal Election," accessed September 21, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kenny Hill's campaign website, “Change Worth Finding,” accessed Sept. 30, 2021
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