Atlanta mayoral runoff: Moore hopes to stave off Dickens

Atlanta mayoral candidate Felicia Moore and Andre Dickens speak to reporters on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, after a runoff debate with Andre Dickens, in Atlanta. Moore and Dickens, both City Council members, are squaring off in a Nov. 30 runoff.

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Atlanta voters are deciding Tuesday’s mayoral runoff between one candidate who is comfortable as a lone wolf and another who has acquired a bunch of new friends.

Current City Council President Felicia Moore proclaims her independence as a virtue, and a plurality of voters agreed in the first round of voting on Nov. 2, giving her 41% of the votes across a nonpartisan field of 14 candidates.

But fellow City Council member Andre Dickens says Moore’s record as a sometimes-lonely critic of previous mayors proves he would be a more effective mayor, as he tries to win a race where he started well back in the field.