Election board certifies Atlanta mayor vote (AP)

Published: December 5, 2009Posted in: Top Stories, USTags: , , , , ,

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2009 file photo, Atlanta Mayoral candidate Kasim Reed, left, celebrates with Lisa Borders, Atlanta city council president, center, during his runoff Election Night Party in Atlanta. When the final votes are counted, it's likely the black political machine that integrated Atlanta's City Hall — and kept it that way for four decades — will have pulled through one more time to deliver a fifth consecutive black mayor. Barely. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)AP - A Georgia elections board has certified the vote making former state Sen. Kasim Reed Atlanta's mayor-elect.


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