I was following the Atlanta, Georgia mayoral race

 Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms bows out and understandably after a difficult second half of her term having first taken office in 2018 with the pandemic and the civil unrest after the death of George Floyd. I was glad to see Kasim Reed who was her immediate successor try to regain his office this year. There will be a runoff, however, it doesn't appear that Reed will place in it.

From the AJC

A successful campaign would have been historic, making Reed just the second Atlanta mayor to win a third term in modern history.

But experts said Reed returned to a city that’s changed in the years since he managed it. Residents have sought solutions from City Hall amid a lack of affordable housing, economic disparities and social unrest following police misconduct.

Ultimately, Tuesday’s results suggest the former mayor — considered a frontrunner throughout the election due to his name recognition, fundraising ability and political prowess — was not able to overcome low favorability numbers across demographic lines, said Emory University political science Andra Gillespie.

“I think Kasim Reed lost because voters were ready to move on from his style of leadership,” Gillespie said. “The city changed, but also he changed, and I think his reputation had changed over the course of his mayoralty, which made a comeback difficult.”

Reed’s campaign was also dealt blows late in the election cycle. The president of the Atlanta NAACP strongly criticized Reed in a letter. He was also rebuked by legacy residents in the southeast Atlanta neighborhood of Peoplestown, who have fought with the city for years after Reed’s administration sought to use eminent domain to acquire the properties in the wake of destructive flooding.

Also:

Atlanta Journal-Constitution polling showed that many voters were less likely to vote for Reed because of the federal investigation at Atlanta City Hall that implicated seven city employees and four city contractors after Reed’s second term. The same poll found 50% of respondents had an unfavorable view of the former mayor.

Low voter turnout was also a factor this year.

Well as of now the top two to place in the run-off will be City Councilman Andre Dickens and City Council President Felicia Moore. More about Moore from that AJC article  

Moore dominated in Buckhead, taking two-thirds of the vote in some precincts, and won on much of the Eastside. Votes from DeKalb precincts put Dickens over the top and into the No. 2 spot. While Moore got about 45% of the DeKalb vote, Dickens took 28%, more than double what Reed received.

Buckhead? Don't they want to secede from the city of Atlanta over crime issues? They voted for the city's next mayor? 

From what I see Kasim Reed hasn't conceded. Perhaps they're still counting down there in ATL. And who knows if the results are razon thing the former mayor could ask for a recount. That's how this article started off anyway.

Atlanta is a nice city, it's where Morehouse College is located. It's a great place to visit and there are places there I do want to visit. It's a city too busy to hate and of course a wonderful place to visit and to live here's hoping it has dedicated leadership to continue moving it forward.