ATLANTA (AP) - An Atlanta councilwoman could become the city's
first white mayor in a generation, facing off against a black state
senator in a runoff next month.

Mary Norwood received 46 percent of the vote, with 100 percent of the precincts reporting early Wednesday. State Sen. Kasim Reed
received 36 percent of the vote.

City Council President Lisa Borders was a distant third with 14.5 percent. She conceded late Tuesday.

Norwood did not get 50 percent of the vote plus one to avoid a runoff. Voter turnout was about 33 percent of registered voters, higher than the 22 percent who voted in 2005 but less than the 41 percent who voted in 2001.

Norwood, Reed and Borders were the front-runners in the crowded
field for much of the campaign.

170 of 170 precincts - 100 percent

r-Mary Norwood, NPD 36,030 - 46 percent
r-Kasim Reed, NPD 28,459 - 36 percent
Lisa Borders, NPD 11,348 - 14 percent
Jesse Spikes, NPD 1,937 - 2 percent
Kyle Keyser, NPD 575 - 1 percent
Peter Brownlowe, NPD 101 - 0 percent
r-Advances to runoff

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