Felicia Moore advances to runoff in Atlanta mayoral race, results still coming in

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ATLANTA (CBS46) — It is Election Day in Georgia. Voters will be heading to the polls today to vote on a number of municipal races that will affect their home towns.

VOTER GUIDE: Everything you need to know on Election Day

The biggest race on the ballot today is in the city of Atlanta. Voters will be electing a new mayor, as current mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is not seeking another term. There are 14 candidates on the ballot, with five candidates who have separated themselves in polling over the last few months.

FULL COVERAGE: Atlanta Mayoral Race

Stay with CBS46 on this story throughout the day as we will be running a live blog with updates on voting, any issues at the polls, candidate movements, and more.

PHOTOS: Election Day 2021 in Georgia

12:05 P.M.

In Tucker, Mayor Frank Auman currently has 57% of the vote. The race has been one of the most heated in the metro Atlanta area.

The race for mayor in Marietta has also been closely watched. Steve “Thunder” Tumlin currently holds the lead with 58%. Michelle Cooper Kelly has 42% of the vote.

11:20 P.M.

Felicia Moore advances to runoff in Atlanta mayoral race. READ STORY.

With 94% of precincts reporting in Atlanta, Moore has received 35,097 votes (40%). Kasim Reed and Andre Dickens have 20,314 and 19,806 votes respectively.

11:11 P.M.

In Cobb County, voters approved a penny sales tax for the Cobb County School District and Marietta City Schools.

11:06 P.M.

Doug Shipman still has the most votes for Atlanta City Council President but Natalyn Archibong and Courtney English are not far behind.

REAL-TIME RESULTS

Michael Julian Bond has 63% of the votes so far for City Council Post 1 and Matt Westmoreland remains in the lead for City Council Post 2. Keisha Sean Waites is in the lead for City Council Post 3 and Jason Winston has 26% of the vote for City Council District 1.

10:40 P.M.

In Morrow, there was one open city council seat. Incumbent Renee Saunders Knight was challenged by Hue Nguyen but prevailed with 51% (296 votes).

10:10 P.M.

48,769 votes have been counted so far and mayoral candidate Felicia Moore is still in the lead with 42% (20,441 votes). Kasim read has received 11,891 votes (24%) and Andre Dickens has received 10,298 votes (21%).

10:04 P.M.

As of 10:04 p.m., incumbent Michael Julian Bond has 65% of the votes for post 1 Atlanta City Council. Incumbent Matt Westmoreland has 68% of the vote (22,713) for post 2.

10:02 P.M.

Some of the smaller towns in the metro Atlanta area are starting to send in their results

In Lawrenceville, elections were held for 2 of its 5 positions on city council. Austin Thompson will take the post 3 seat and Marlene Taylor-Crawford will take the post 4 seat.

In Suwanee, three men competed for city council (post 5). The incumber Peter “Pete” Charpentier won. The incumbents for the other two seats (post 3 and 4) were unopposed.

9:24 P.M.

As of 9:20 p.m., Felicia Moore is ahead with 42% of the vote for mayor of Atlanta. Kasim Reed has 25% of the vote and Andre Dickens has 21%. Sharon Gay and Antonio Brown have received 7 and 3% respectively. 36,000 votes have been counted.

In the race for president of Atlanta City Council, Doug Shipman has received 31% of the vote so far. Courtney English has received 26% of the vote and Natalyn Archibong has received 25% of the vote.

8:50 P.M.

Election results are starting to come in.

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