February 13, 2004
by Dave Miller
Albany- Three days after making history by soundly defeating ten-year incumbent Mayor Tommy Coleman, Dr. Willie Adams took the oath of office as Albany first black mayor.
The election was originally set for November, 2003, but was delayed after the local NAACP chapter sued to halt the vote. The Federal Court upheld their claim that voting districts were no longer properly drawn, since many residents had been displaced by the floods of 1994 and 1998.
Judge Willie Lockette administered the oath of office before a packed gallery at the Albany Government Building at 9:59AM. The event was broadcast live by WALB News-10.
Adams was swept into office with 60% of the vote, including substantial white voter support. Write-in candidate Marcia Felts-Wimberly got .3% of the votes, while incumbent Tommy Coleman got 39.7%. Coleman indicated that he has very likely run his last political race
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