Overview
- The Associated Press projected Dickens the winner with more than 50% of the vote shortly after Atlanta’s polls closed at 8 p.m.
- He defeated Kalema Jackson, Eddie Meredith and Helmut "Love" Domagalski in the nonpartisan contest.
- Dickens was the only candidate to air television ads in the campaign’s final week, spending about $350,000, according to an ad-tracking firm.
- City leadership will shift as Council President Doug Shipman did not seek reelection, Marci Collier Overstreet ran for his post, Amir Farokhi stepped down, and Howard Shook did not run again.
- Seven City Council incumbents faced no opposition, and Dickens’ outright majority contrasts with his 2021 victory that required a runoff.