2025 Atlanta City Council election

2025 Atlanta City Council election
November 4, 2025

The 2025 Atlanta City Council election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect all sixteen members of the Atlanta City Council, the lawmaking body of Atlanta, Georgia. The election was held concurrently with those for mayor and school board, as well as the special election for the Georgia Public Service Commission.

Council president

Main article: 2025 Atlanta City Council presidential election

Rohit Malhotra and Marci Collier Overstreet ran to be city council president. Overstreet won the election.

At-large post 1

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Michael Julian Bond
U.S. Representatives
Organizations
Juan Mendoza
Organizations
Juan Mendoza
Organizations

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, at-large post 1[4][5]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Julian Bond (incumbent) 57,947 58.49
Juan Mendoza 20,803 21.00
Matt Rinker 20,322 20.51
Total votes 99,072 100.00

At-large post 2

Candidates

Declared

  • Matt Westmoreland, incumbent councilmember[6]

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, at-large post 2[7][8]
Candidate Votes %
Matt Westmoreland (incumbent) 89,900 100.00
Total votes 89,900 100.00

At-large post 3

Candidates

Declared

  • Eshé Collins, incumbent councilmember[6]

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, at-large post 3[9][10]
Candidate Votes %
Eshé Collins (incumbent) 88,787 100.00
Total votes 88,787 100.00

District 1

Candidates

Declared

  • Jason Winston, incumbent councilmember[11]

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 1[12][13]
Candidate Votes %
Jason Winston (incumbent) 8,071 100.00
Total votes 8,071 100.00

District 2

Candidates

Declared

  • Kelsea Bond, community organizer[14]
  • Jacob Chambers, software engineer[1]
  • Alex Bevel Jones, entrepreneur[11]
  • Courtney Smith, local neighborhood organization leader[15]
  • James White, prosecutor[11]

Disqualified

Declined

  • Amir Farokhi, incumbent councilmember (resigned)[16]

Endorsements

Kelsea Bond
U.S. Representatives
Organizations
Political parties
Courtney Smith
Organizations
  • Atlanta Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 134[3]

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 2[18]
Candidate Votes %
Kelsea Bond 6,715 64.00
Courtney Smith 2,154 20.53
Alex Bevel Jones 934 8.90
Jacob Chambers 421 4.01
James White 268 2.55
Total votes 10,492 100.00

District 3

Candidates

Declared

  • Byron Amos, incumbent councilmember[19]
  • Perrin Bostic, former outreach representative for U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock[20]

Endorsements

Perrin Bostic
Political parties

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 3[21]
Candidate Votes %
Byron Amos (incumbent) 2,773 59.25
Perrin Bostic 1,907 40.75
Total votes 4,680 100.00

District 4

Candidates

Declared

  • Jason Dozier, incumbent councilmember[11]
  • DeBorah Williams, nonprofit founder[11]

Endorsements

Jason Dozier
Political parties

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 4[22]
Candidate Votes %
Jason Dozier (incumbent) 3,781 68.96
DeBorah Williams 1,702 31.04
Total votes 5,483 100.00

District 5

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Liliana Bakhtiari
Political parties

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 5[23][24]
Candidate Votes %
Liliana Bakhtiari (incumbent) 13,369 100.00
Total votes 13,369 100.00

District 6

Candidates

Declared

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 6[25][26]
Candidate Votes %
Alex Wan (incumbent) 8,610 100.00
Total votes 8,610 100.00

District 7

Candidates

Declared

  • Jamie Christy, attorney[11]
  • Allen Daly[11]
  • Thad Flowers, former city council district chief of staff[11]
  • Rebecca King, advocate[11]
  • Thomas Worthy, Piedmont Healthcare's Chief Public Policy Officer[11]

Declined

  • Howard Shook, incumbent councilmember[27]

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 7[28][29]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Worthy 1,913 27.18
Thad Flowers 1,857 26.39
Jamie Christy 1,357 19.28
Rebecca King 1,181 16.78
Allen Daly 729 10.36
Total votes 7,037 100.00

Runoff results

As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff election between Thomas Worthy and Thad Flowers took place on December 2.[30]

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 7 runoff[31]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Worthy 1,569 59.32%
Thad Flowers 1,076 40.68%
Total votes 2,645 100.00

District 8

Candidates

Declared

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 8[32]
Candidate Votes %
Mary Norwood (incumbent) 7,611 100.00
Total votes 7,611 100.00

District 9

Candidates

Declared

  • Charles Bourgeois, advocate[33]
  • Dustin Hillis, incumbent councilmember[11]

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 9[34]
Candidate Votes %
Dustin Hillis (incumbent) 4,819 59.33
Charles Bourgeois 3,304 40.67
Total votes 8,123 100.00

District 10

Candidates

Declared

  • Andrea Boone, incumbent councilmember[11]

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 10[35]
Candidate Votes %
Andrea Boone (incumbent) 8,390 100.00
Total votes 8,390 100.00

District 11

Candidates

Declared

  • Toni Belin-Ingram, church leader[11]
  • Andre Burgin, park resident association co-chair[11]
  • Curt Collier, educator[11]
  • Steven Dingle, teacher[11]
  • Harold Hardnett, entrepreneur[11]
  • Nate Jester, attorney[11]
  • Wayne Martin, corporate executive[11]
  • Reginald Rushin, businessman[11]

Disqualified

Declined

  • Marci Collier Overstreet, incumbent councilmember (running for council president)[37]

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 11[38]
Candidate Votes %
Wayne Martin 3,028 33.23
Nate Jester 1,885 20.69
Toni Belin-Ingram 1,447 15.88
Harold Hardnett 931 10.22
Andre Burgin 572 6.28
Reginald Rushin 550 6.04
Curt Collier 385 4.23
Steven Dingle 313 3.44
Total votes 9,111 100.00

Runoff results

As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff election between Wayne Martin and Nate Jester took place on December 2.[30]

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 11 runoff[39]
Candidate Votes %
Wayne Martin 2,189 57.96%
Nate Jester 1,588 42.04%
Total votes 3,777 100.00

District 12

Candidates

Declared

  • Delvin Davis, resident[1]
  • Stephanie Flowers, community organizer[11]
  • Antonio Lewis, incumbent councilmember[1]

Results

2025 Atlanta City Council election, district 12[40]
Candidate Votes %
Antonio Lewis (incumbent) 4,234 57.97
Stephanie Flowers 2,270 31.08
Delvin Davis 800 10.95
Total votes 7,304 100.00

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