Atlanta

==Government==
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|+ '''Presidential election results in Atlanta<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave's Redistricting|url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::3a370cc7-f820-4af4-8fca-a27ec52502b7|access-date=April 14, 2022}}</ref>'''
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! style="text-align:center;" | Year
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Georgia|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''82.6%''' ''200,717''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|16.2% ''39,372''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% ''2,972''
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Georgia|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''80.6%''' ''164,643''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|15.7% ''32,092''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% ''7,452''
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{{Main|Government of Atlanta|List of mayors of Atlanta|Crime in Atlanta}}
[[File:Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta, GA (47474768451).jpg|thumb|left|[[Atlanta City Hall]]]]

Atlanta is governed by a mayor and the 15-member [[Atlanta City Council]]. The city council consists of one member from each of the city's 12 districts and three at-large members. The mayor may veto a bill passed by the council, but the council can override the veto with a two-thirds majority.<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlanta City Councilman H Lamar Willis|publisher=H Lamar Willis|url=http://www.hlamarwillis.com/CityCouncil.htm|access-date=June 19, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824215442/http://www.hlamarwillis.com/CityCouncil.htm|archive-date=August 24, 2009}}</ref> The mayor of Atlanta is [[Andre Dickens]], a Democrat elected on a nonpartisan ballot whose first term in office began on January 3, 2022.<ref>{{cite news|title=Keisha Lance Bottoms sworn in as the new Mayor of Atlanta|newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/local/keisha-lance-bottoms-begins-her-inauguration-day-with-prayer/ckbTRT2kRvUxJXaTs2iVpL/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/us/andre-dickens-atlanta-mayor-election.html|title=Andre Dickens, a Veteran City Council Member Is Elected Mayor of Atlanta|last=Fausset|first=Richard|date=November 30, 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref> Every mayor elected since 1973 has been Black.<ref>{{cite web|first=Lawrence|last=Kestenbaum|title=Mayors of Atlanta, Georgia|website=The Political Graveyard|url=http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/atlanta.html|access-date=March 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218193526/http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/atlanta.html|archive-date=February 18, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, [[Shirley Franklin]] became the first woman to be elected mayor of Atlanta, and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major Southern city.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Josh Fecht|author2=Andrew Stevens|name-list-style=amp|title=Shirley Franklin: Mayor of Atlanta|publisher=City Mayors|date=November 14, 2007|url=http://www.citymayors.com/usa/atlanta.html|access-date=January 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216164651/http://www.citymayors.com/usa/atlanta.html|archive-date=February 16, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Atlanta city politics suffered from a notorious reputation for corruption during the 1990s administration of Mayor [[Bill Campbell (mayor)|Bill Campbell]], who was convicted by a federal jury in 2006 on three counts of tax evasion in connection with gambling winnings during trips he took with city contractors.<ref>{{cite news|title=Atlanta's former mayor sentenced to prison|work=CNN|date=June 13, 2006|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/13/mayor.sentenced/index.html|access-date=January 2, 2008}}</ref>

As the [[List of capitals in the United States|state capital]], Atlanta is the site of most of Georgia's state government. The [[Georgia State Capitol]] building, located downtown, houses the offices of the [[Governor of Georgia|governor]], lieutenant governor and secretary of state, as well as the [[Georgia General Assembly|General Assembly]]. The [[Georgia Governor's Mansion|Governor's Mansion]] is in a residential section of Buckhead. Atlanta serves as the regional hub for many arms of the federal bureaucracy, including the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta]] and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC).<ref>{{cite web |title = Commemorating CDC's 60th Anniversary |work = CDC Website |publisher = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |url = https://www.cdc.gov/about/history/60th.htm |access-date = April 18, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080306091649/http://www.cdc.gov/about/history/60th.htm |archive-date = March 6, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/101493 |title=Georgia Federal Buildings |publisher=Gsa.gov |access-date=May 17, 2012 |archive-date=March 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322164754/http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/101493 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The City of Atlanta annexed the CDC into its territory effective January 1, 2018.<ref name=NiesseEmoryannexed>{{cite news|author=Niesse, Mark|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/city-atlanta-expansion-emory-and-cdc-approved/kMYzghHbvzD6THTyWpN1zH/|title=City of Atlanta's expansion to Emory and CDC approved|work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref> Atlanta also plays an important role in the federal judiciary system, containing the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]] and the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgia Federal Buildings |url=https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/gsa-regions/region-4-southeast-sunbelt/buildings-and-facilities/georgia |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=www.gsa.gov |language=en}}</ref>

Historically, Atlanta has been a stronghold for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Although municipal elections are officially nonpartisan, nearly all of the city's elected officials are registered Democrats. The city is split among 14 state house districts and four state senate districts, all held by Democrats. At the federal level, Atlanta is split between three congressional districts. Most of the city is in the 5th district, represented by Democrat [[Nikema Williams]]. Much of southern Atlanta is in the 13th district, represented by Democrat [[David Scott (Georgia politician)|David Scott]]. A small portion in the north is in the 11th district, represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Barry Loudermilk]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia Senators, Representatives, and Congressional District Maps|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/GA#representatives|website=GovTrack.us|language=en|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Atlanta Police Ford PIU 34231.jpg|thumb|Atlanta cop car.]]
 
[[Atlanta Police Department]] is responsible for security in the city. [[Georgia National Guard]] is also based here.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-13 |title=APD Find My Zone |url=http://www.atlantapd.org/findmyzone.aspx |access-date=2023-10-26 |archive-date=March 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313151949/http://www.atlantapd.org/findmyzone.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgia National Guard Armory {{!}} Georgia Department of Public Safety |url=https://dps.georgia.gov/locations/georgia-national-guard-armory |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=dps.georgia.gov |language=en}}</ref>