Shirley Clarke Franklin (born May 10, 1945) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and, since January 7, 2002, the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. The 58th mayor of Atlanta, she was the first female to hold the post and became the first black woman to be elected mayor of any major Southern city. Franklin is the fourth black mayor of Atlanta, the latest in a line of African American mayors that stretches back to 1974. Mayor Franklin has been appointed to an ad hoc Department of Homeland Security special task force along with Frances Townsend and Judge William H. Webster for 60-day review of the Homeland Security Advisory System as of mid July 2009.
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CNN projects Republicans win governor races in Virginia, New Jersey
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(CNN) -- A Republican Party that struggled in the wake of recent Democratic landslides sprang back to life Tuesday with wins in hotly contested races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, according to CNN projections. In Virginia, 55-year-old former state attorney general Bob McDonnell will be the first Republican to win the state's highest ...
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- News Source: The New York Times | about 19 hours agoWith the city’s voters heading to the polls on Tuesday, the neck-and-neck runoff for mayor has distilled into a sharp contrast between a self-styled outsider, Mary Norwood , who is appealing to voters who want a change, and the ultimate insider,
- News Source: Atlanta Journal-Constution | 1 day agoToday, metro residents will elect new mayors in the cities of Atlanta, Clarkston, East Point and Roswell. Voters will also get to choose four new members of the Georgia Legislature. No candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in these races on
- News Source: Atlanta Journal-Constution | 1 day agoThe sharpest attacks came from Reed, who said Norwood , a two-term city councilwoman, constantly "got it wrong" by, for example, voting along with the rest of the council in favor of pension plan changes in 2002 and 2005. The pension changes now mean
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- Blog Source: blogs.ajc.com | about 12 hours agoMayor Shirley Franklin isn't going quietly. On Sunday, in a closing statement that finished the last televised debate, Mary Norwood sought to polish her.
- Blog Source: blogs.ajc.com | about 12 hours agoJames Doyle why have norwood disclose her taxes, Mary Norwood using black people for votes, Mary Norwood from Augusta Georgia but she not from Atlanta, Shirley Franklin from Philly but she was elected mayor here so Mr. Doyle what are ...
- Blog Source: galiberal.com | about 12 hours agoI do, however, raise this question: How can the handpicked successor of Mayor Shirley Franklin and Atlanta's political establishment, whose closest friends and advisors are the city's current leadership, deliver the change our city so ...
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Video Source: youtube.comCNN: Atlanta Mayor Shirley ...Video Source: youtube.comCNN puts the spotlight on Shirley Franklin the Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia ... - Video Source: youtube.comAward Recipient Horace Sibley ...Video Source: youtube.comOn Tuesday, October 20, Georgia Juctice Project and more than 200 people ...
- Video Source: youtube.comMayor Shirley Franklin: "...Video Source: youtube.comthe Mayor told us. "I would modify that to say, Invest or Die. Invest, ...
- Video Source: www.truveo.comGa. Supreme Court Hears Dancer ...Video Source: www.truveo.comGeorgia Supreme Court justices heard a challenge Monday to Mayor Shirley ...
- Video Source: youtube.comMayor Shirley Franklin Visits ...Video Source: youtube.comAtlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin reflects on her visit to CARE projects in ...
- Video Source: youtube.comDowntown Atlanta City News - ...Video Source: youtube.comAtlanta's Mayor Shirley Franklin speaks to Central Atlanta Progress
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