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| FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2009 file photo, Atlanta Mayoral candidate Kasim Reed, left, celebrates with Lisa Borders, Atlanta city council president, center, during his runoff Election Night Party in Atlanta. When the final votes are counted, it's likely the black political machine that integrated Atlanta's City Hall _ and kept it that way for four decades _ will have pulled through one more time to deliver a fifth consecutive black mayor. Barely. |
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia elections board has certified the vote making former state Sen. Kasim Reed Atlanta's mayor-elect.
Fulton County Elections director Barry Garner says that the board certified the election result Saturday.
With 84,383 votes cast on Tuesday, Reed beat city councilwoman Mary Norwood by 715 votes, a margin of less than 1 percent. The Associated Press has not called the race because Georgia law automatically grants a recount request when the margin is less than 1 percent.
Norwood's campaign manager Roman Levitt say the campaign plans to request a recount Monday.
If Reed's win is confirmed after the recount, he will take Mayor Shirley Franklin's place on Jan. 4.
