Recount for Atlanta

The race for mayor of Atlanta is was so close that its headed for a recount. Encumbant Senator Kasim Reed won then the runoff vote showed him beating city Councilwoman Mary Norwood by around 750 votes out of 83,000 cast. Mary Norwood said in a statement that she will ask for a recount under rules that permit one when less than 1 percent of votes cast separates the candidates. The recount will not and could not begin until Saturday. Norwood, who won the initial voting in November, would be Atlanta's first white mayor since 1974. But the victory of the Encumbant Reed showed Atlanta's demographics, with Reed running gained many votes from areas that are mainly black and include some of the city's poorest neighborhoods. Norwood's support base was in mainly white precincts, which include the city's richest neighborhoods. Although both played the race card, instead presenting themselves qualified to restore city finances and fight rising crime rates that are ravaging the city.