Atlanta Mayoral Race: Sterling Drops Out, Endorses Mitchell

Atlanta mayoral candidate Michael Sterling — pictured here during an interview with WABE’s Rose Scott — announced Tuesday that he’s suspending his campaign.

Eboni Lemon / WABE

Updated at 3 p.m.

Michael Sterling has dropped out of the Atlanta mayor’s race, leaving 10 candidates still in the running.

Sterling, who has worked as a federal prosecutor and as executive director of the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, said that over the weekend his team decided he didn’t have a path to victory.