1. Mary Norwood was born on 1952 and is an American businesswoman and politician who is a member of the Atlanta City Council.
24 Facts About Mary Norwood
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Mary Norwood was a candidate for mayor of Atlanta in 2009 and 2017.
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Mary Norwood attended Sweet Briar College, is a graduate of Emory University.
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Mary Norwood is married to Dr Felton Norwood, who worked as a pediatrician at Piedmont Hospital for more than 30 years.
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Mary Norwood moved to Atlanta in the early 1980s, and around that time became involved in activism on neighborhood and community matters.
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From 2002 until 2010, Mary Norwood served two terms as a member of the Atlanta City Council, holding the second of its at-large seats.
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Mary Norwood was first elected in 2001 to an at-large seat that incumbent Julia Emmons was ceding.
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Mary Norwood was one of five white members on the black-majority council.
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Mary Norwood voted against a tax increase proposal in June 2008, which did not pass.
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Mary Norwood voted against this increase, insisting that there was money to be found within Atlanta's budget.
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In both instances that she voted against tax increases, Mary Norwood asked the city to reduce its spending on areas other than public safety personnel.
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Mary Norwood rejoined the city council in 2014, having won election to the city's second at-large seat in the 2013 election.
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Mary Norwood unseated incumbent Aaron Watson, a rarity in Atlanta City Council elections.
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In 2021, Mary Norwood ran unopposed for the 8th district seat on the city council.
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In January 2013, Mary Norwood was nominated by the local Republican Party as their choice to hold on of the seats that the party is entitled to on the Fulton County Board of Elections.
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Mary Norwood was after appointed to the seat by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.
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In November 2018, Mary Norwood sought to rejoin the board as its chair, and received the support of local Republican state senators.
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However, the Republican attempt to have Mary Norwood nominated and appointed as the board's chair failed.
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In 2009, Mary Norwood ran for mayor of Atlanta, advancing to a runoff election in which she was defeated by Kasim Reed.
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Mary Norwood campaigned on a platform of fiscal responsibility, and in a political advertisement she asserted that the city of Atlanta had misplaced $100 million.
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Mary Norwood ran for a seat on the Fulton County Commission in 2010.
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Mary Norwood filed to run in the 2017 Atlanta mayoral election in October 2016.
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Mary Norwood was initially considered the frontrunner in the race due to her strong performance in the 2009 runoff and her history of being elected city-wide.
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Mary Norwood again sought to court LGBT voters, and was endorsed ahead of the runoff by the LGBT organization Georgia Equality.