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A municipal election in the City of Atlanta was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Atlanta is the capital of the state of Georgia and is the largest city in Georgia and is the center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the South. Voters will fill the offices of mayor of Atlanta, members of the Atlanta City Council and members of the Atlanta Board of Education, for terms commencing January 2010 and ending January 2014. Voters will also vote in retention elections on a number of Municipal Court judges. The election is non-partisan, meaning that political party affiliations do not appear on the ballot. If no candidate seeking election to any office receives a simple majority vote (50 percent plus one vote among those who cast ballots), a municipal general runoff election will be held on December 1 between the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the particular office or offices. If a runoff is required to fill the seat of mayor, Council president, at-large Council member or members, or at-large Board of Education member or members, such election will be held at all of the regular precincts citywide. If a runoff is required to fill district Council or Board of Education seats, runoffs will be held at all of the particular precincts within each applicable council or board of education voting district only. ==Mayor== The Mayor is the city's chief executive officer and head of the executive branch, which carries out the laws that have been instituted by the Council. The mayor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of city government. Incumbent mayor Shirley Franklin was prevented by term limits from running for another term in 2009.〔http://www.ajc.com/hotjobs/content/printedition/2009/01/04/2009.html?cxntlid=inform_sr〕 The four leading mayoral candidates, based on standing in polls, took part in a final debate sponsored by the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' and WSB-TV were City Council President Lisa Borders, City Councilwoman Mary Norwood, state Senator Kasim Reed, and attorney Jesse Spikes. Minor candidates included Peter Brownlowe, Kyle Keyser, and write-in candidates.〔(Election Summary Report )〕 Previously on October 14, 2009, Emory University sponsored a debate which included the six front running candidates.〔http://www.emory.edu/home/news/releases/2009/10/atlanta-mayoral-candidates-forum.html〕 Mary Norwood received the most votes in the November election but did not win a majority. Therefore, she and Kasim Reed, who placed second, advanced to a runoff where Kasim Reed won the election. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atlanta elections, 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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