Felicia A. Moore is an American politician who served as the President of the

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. She was elected to the office in a December 2017 runoff election. She previously held the post of City Council member for District 9, serving for 20 years. She graduated from

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in with a Bachelor of Arts in communication, where she became a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She holds a Master of Science in Administration degree from

Central Michigan University Central Michigan University (CMU) is a public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Established in 1892 as the Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, the private normal school became a state institution and renamed Cen ...

with a concentration in Public Administration.

2021 Atlanta mayoral race

On January 28, 2021, Moore announced her candidacy for Mayor of Atlanta in the 2021 Atlanta mayoral election. Her platform focuses on safer neighborhoods, government transparency, fiscal stability, and guaranteed city services. Moore placed first in the first round of the election, held on November 2, but lost the November 30 runoff to

Andre Dickens Andre DeShawn Dickens (born June 17, 1974) is an American politician and nonprofit executive who is the 61st and current mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He was a member of the Atlanta City Council and defeated council president Felicia Moore in the ...

, winning 37% against Dickens' 63% of the vote. After her loss, she blamed the rappers T.I. and Ike Dirty for turning public opinion against her, after they posted on social media that she had pledged to close all

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s in the city if elected. According to

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, Moore said that the claims originated from a quote taken out of context, when she expressed her opposition to issuing new permits to certain businesses, such as recording studios, and accused the rappers of spreading misinformation.

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