Bottoms And Norwood Advance to Runoff In Mayoral Race

Unofficial election returns early Wednesday morning showed that Keisha Lance Bottoms, right, had about 27 percent of the vote to Mary Norwood’s 21 percent.

David Goldman / Associated Press

Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood are the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s election and are now headed to a runoff.

Unofficial election returns early Wednesday morning showed that Bottoms had about 27 percent of the vote to Norwood’s 21 percent.

The two candidates now face off in a Dec. 5 runoff since no candidate won a majority of votes.