Mary Norwood
2022 - Present
2026
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Mary Norwood is a member of the Atlanta City Council in Georgia, representing District 8. She assumed office on January 3, 2022. Her current term ends on January 5, 2026.
Norwood is running for re-election to the Atlanta City Council to represent District 8 in Georgia. She declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 4, 2025.[source]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2025)
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
General election for Atlanta City Council District 8
Incumbent Mary Norwood is running in the general election for Atlanta City Council District 8 on November 4, 2025.
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2021
See also: City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2021)
General election
General election for Atlanta City Council District 8
Mary Norwood won election in the general election for Atlanta City Council District 8 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Norwood (Nonpartisan) | 97.2 | 11,080 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.8 | 322 | ||
| Total votes: 11,402 | |||
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2017
The city of Atlanta, Georgia, held a runoff election for any race where no candidate received a majority (50 percent plus one) of the general election votes cast in the general election the month prior.[1] Keisha Bottoms defeated Mary Norwood in the runoff election for mayor. Norwood's campaign requested a recount on December 13 after official results showed her behind by 832 votes out of 92,502 ballots cast. The recount on December 14 confirmed that Bottoms had won. On December 20, Norwood conceded defeat.[2][3][4]
| Mayor of Atlanta, Runoff Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Keisha Bottoms |
50.45% | 46,667 |
| Mary Norwood | 49.55% | 45,835 |
| Total Votes | 92,502 | |
| Source: City of Atlanta, GA, "Fulton County/DeKalb County ‐ Official and Complete Combined Results," accessed December 12, 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.[1] The following candidates ran in the general election for mayor.[5]
| Mayor of Atlanta, General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Keisha Bottoms |
26.19% | 25,347 |
| 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
2025
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2021
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2017
Norwood's campaign website included the following themes for 2017:
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LGBTQ Commitment Personal relationships have been key to Mary’s understanding of LGBTQ issues. Her relationship with Dorothy, one of husband, Dr. Felton Norwood’s two daughters, who is a lesbian, played a significant role in the development of Mary’s commitment to LGBTQ rights. Mary Norwood believes everyone should have full and equal access to all government services and that each of us is entitled to fair and equal protection under the law. Affordable Housing
Gentrification & Property Taxation
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| —Mary Norwood (2017) | ||
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Atlanta City Council District 8 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "2017 Elections and Voter Registration Calendar," accessed February 24, 2017
- ↑ Fox 5, "Mary Norwood officially files for recount," December 13, 2017
- ↑ WSB-TV Atlanta, "Mary Norwood may challenge votes following Atlanta mayoral recount," December 14, 2017
- ↑ Marietta Daily Journal, "Norwood concedes defeat, won’t challenge Atlanta mayoral election results in court," December 20, 2017
- ↑ City of Atlanta, "2017 General Municipal Election," accessed September 21, 2017
- ↑ Mary Norwood 2017 campaign website, "Solutions," accessed October 9, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by J.P. Matzigkeit |
Atlanta City Council, District 8 2022 - Present |
Succeeded by NA |
| Preceded by - |
Atlanta City Council, At-large Position 2 2014–2017 |
Succeeded by Matt Westmoreland |
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