Michael Sterling

Michael Sterling

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Michael Sterling was a candidate for mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Sterling withdrew from the race on October 24, 2017, and endorsed City Councilman Ceasar Mitchell. He still appeared on the ballot and lost in the general election on November 7, 2017.

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. The following candidates ran in the general election for mayor.

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

2017

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

“	PUBLIC SAFETY Michael will draw on his years of experience as a federal prosecutor to work with law enforcement on smarter ways to tackle crime. He'll look at developing a larger public safety team that includes essential services and programs that have proven to reduce crime and increase neighborhood safety. He'll tackle crime from a broader perspective with a keen understanding rooted from his years working in and with state, federal and local law enforcement. TRAFFIC + TRANSPORTATION Michael will conduct a street by street study to re-engineer areas of severe choke points so that in-city traffic on our most congested areas during our most congested times can move more rapidly. He will call upon our research institutions like Georgia Tech to help develop methodologies that allow for easier flow of inner city traffic. He will work with the development community to create more walkable urban areas throughout the City of Atlanta. Michael will add a traffic response team that can immediately react to high volume backups and incidents in the city that cause traffic congestion. SMALL BUSINESS Michael will invest in small businesses and start-ups through Invest Atlanta. He will develop a venture capital fund utilizing the city’s economic development arm that provides access to capital and necessary resources for tech start-ups and other new small businesses. Incentives for businesses that are grown and committed to staying in Atlanta will also be created as well as investing in technology and innovation.	”
—Michael Sterling (2017)

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See also

Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia	Municipal government	Other local coverage

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• Mayor of Atlanta
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