Election Day Recap: New mayors, school board members across metro Atlanta plus DeKalb OKs sales taxes

Voters cast their ballots at Peachtree Christian Church in Midtown Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (Patrick Saunders/WABE)

This story was updated at 1:59 p.m.

Metro Atlanta voters headed to the polls on Tuesday in small numbers with nearly 100 contested races at stake in over 40 cities across the area.

Over half of the seats on the Atlanta School Board were on the ballot. Former interim Fulton County Schools Superintendent Ken Zeff handily beat incumbent Michelle Olympiadis in District 3. Olympiadis was denied a third term on the board.