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Laban King

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Laban King
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Education

Bachelor's

University of Michigan

Personal
Profession
Founder, United Economic Development Council of America
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Laban King was a candidate for mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. King withdrew from the election in October 2017, but appeared on the ballot on November 7, 2017.

Biography

King earned his bachelor's degree in history from the University of Michigan. He is the co-founder of Millennial Global Investments and the founder of the United Economic Development Council of America.[1]

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Atlanta, Georgia (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] The following candidates ran in the general election for mayor.[3]

Mayor of Atlanta, General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Keisha Bottoms 26.19% 25,347
Green check mark transparent.png Mary Norwood 20.81% 20,144
Cathy Woolard 16.67% 16,134
Peter Aman 11.29% 10,924
Vincent Fort 9.62% 9,310
Ceasar Mitchell 9.43% 9,124
Kwanza Hall 4.33% 4,192
John Eaves 1.24% 1,202
Rohit Ammanamanchi 0.20% 196
Michael Sterling 0.11% 104
Glenn Wrightson 0.10% 100
Laban King 0.00% 0
Write-in votes 0.01% 7
Total Votes 96,784
Source: DeKalb County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report, November 7, 2017, Unofficial and Incomplete," November 7, 2017 and 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

2017

King's campaign website included the following themes for 2017:

One of the key elements of my administration will be the development of synergy where one solution can address multiple issues successfully. We will not randomly abandon gains made by previous administrations. We will identify what works, make minor adjustments to those things not performing as expected, and create innovative solutions to fill in the gaps in service delivery. We will also focus heavily on building strategic partnerships that will allow us to leverage common efforts, while saving time and money as we continue to grow our great city.[4][5]

—Laban King (2017)

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See also

Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Municipal government Other local coverage
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