Nov 3rd, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Atlanta Councilwoman Mary Norwood andstate Senator Kasim Reed were headed for a Dec. 1 runoff afterneither received more than half the votes cast for sixcandidates vying for mayor of Georgia’s largest city.
Norwood collected 46 percent of the votes with 69 percentof precincts reporting and Reed had 37 percent, according to theAssociated Press’s election Web site. Lisa Borders, president ofthe city council, was third with 14 percent.
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