ATLANTA NEWS 12:07 a.m. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 

Atlanta has one more month and one more election to go before it chooses the city’s next mayor: Councilwoman Mary Norwood and former state Sen. Kasim Reed will face each other in a runoff Dec. 1.

Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com Mary Norwood gives the thumbs up and says she anticipates a run off and will hit the ground running.

With 100 percent of the vote counted, Norwood led the race with 45 percent. She maintained a comfortable margin throughout the vote counting Tuesday night but was unable to muster the 50 percent required to put the race away. Reed finished a strong second, with 37 percent, and City Council President Lisa Borders faded to a distant third with 14 percent in the eight-way race.

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