North Fulton Today

It isn't often that a politician's campaign committee posts to a well-known press release site to announce their candidate won.

Longtime Atlanta District 6 City Councilman Alex Wan's campaign committee, Friends of Alex Wan, did just that a couple of days after Wan's landslide win during this month's General Election.

"I am grateful that my friends and neighbors in District 6 have again affirmed my track record," Wan said in the news release posted to PR Newswire. "I am humbled and honored by the broad base of support during this campaign; it's a great springboard to continuing to fight for our shared issues, including public safety, city service delivery, and quality of life initiatives."

Alex Wan | Friends of Alex Wan

Wan won his re-election bid, taking more than 79% of the vote against his nearest competitor, Kathryn Voelpel. Third-place finisher Courtney DeDi took only about 10% of the vote.

Wan grew up in District 6 and has been a homeowner in Morningside for 27 years.

In the news release, Wan mentioned the decision by Atlanta City Councilwoman Jennifer Ide, who until January represents a portion of District 6, not to run for reelection.

"I appreciate supporters old and new who reached out and asked if I would again consider representing District 6 upon hearing Jennifer Ide would not seek reelection," he said. "Now I look forward to again serving the city and council district I love."

Wan, who refers to his position as executive director at Horizons Atlanta as his "day job," is the first Asian American and the first openly gay man to serve on Atlanta City Council.

He was installed as Fulton County Board of Registration & Elections chairman in March.

Wan first ran for the District 6 seat in 2009, ending up in successful runoff with second-place finisher Liz Coyle. At the time, Wan received the highest possible rating of "Excellent" from the Committee for a Better Atlanta. He represented District 6 until 2018.

In 2017, Wan ran for Atlanta City Council president and lost in a runoff with current council President Felicia Moore. Moore currently is in her own runoff against Andre Dickens in the still ongoing Atlanta mayoral race that is expected to be decided on Nov. 30.

Last year, Wan ran as a Democrat for the Georgia House of Representatives District 57 seat but lost in the primaries to Stacey Evans, who went on to win that race.