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  Young, Andrew
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1980-01-01  
 
NameAndrew Young
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Atlanta, Georgia , United States
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Born March 12, 1932 (92 years)
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Feb 22, 2022 03:49pm
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InfoYoung was reared in a middle-class black family, attended segregated Southern schools, and later entered Howard University (Washington, D.C.) as a premed student. But he turned to the ministry and graduated in 1955 from the Hartford Theological Seminary (Hartford, Conn.) with a divinity degree.

A pastor at several black churches in the South, Young became active in the civil-rights movement--especially in voter registration drives. His work brought him in contact with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Young joined with King in leading the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Following King's assassination in 1968, Young worked with Ralph Abernathy until he resigned from the SCLC in 1970.

Defeated that year in his first bid for a seat in Congress, Young ran again in 1972 and won. He was reelected in 1974 and 1976. In the House he opposed cuts in funds for social programs while trying to block additional funding for the war in Vietnam. He was an early supporter of Jimmy Carter, and, after Carter's victory in the 1976 presidential elections, Andrew Young was made the United States' ambassador to the United Nations. His apparent sympathy with the Third World made him very controversial, and he was finally forced to resign in 1979 after it became known that he had met with a representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization. In 1981 Young was elected mayor of Atlanta, and he was reelected to that post in 1985, serving through 1989.




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RACES
  08/07/1990 GA Governor - D Runoff Lost 38.16% (-23.67%)
  07/17/1990 GA Governor - D Primary Won 28.81% (+0.00%)
  10/05/1985 Atlanta Mayor Won 82.13% (+71.95%)
  10/27/1981 Atlanta Mayor - Runoff Won 55.13% (+10.26%)
  10/06/1981 Atlanta Mayor Won 40.92% (+2.02%)
  01/30/1977 US Ambassador to the United Nations Won 96.74% (+93.48%)
  11/02/1976 GA District 5 Won 66.68% (+33.36%)
  11/05/1974 GA District 5 Won 71.61% (+43.27%)
  11/07/1972 GA District 5 Won 52.84% (+5.70%)
  08/08/1972 GA District 5 - D Primary Won 60.34% (+27.51%)
  11/03/1970 GA District 5 Lost 42.64% (-14.71%)
  09/23/1970 GA District 5 - D Runoff Won 59.74% (+19.48%)
  09/09/1970 GA District 5 - D Primary Won 47.68% (+17.72%)
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GA US President - D Primary - Jun 09, 2020 D Michael R. "Mike" Bloomberg
GA US President - D Primary - Jun 09, 2020 D Joe Biden
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GA District 07 - D Primary - May 22, 2018 D Carolyn Bourdeaux
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GA District 10 - D Primary - May 22, 2018 D Richard Dien Winfield
Atlanta Mayor - Runoff - Dec 05, 2017 D Keisha Lance Bottoms
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Atlanta Mayor - Nov 07, 2017 D Ceasar Mitchell, Jr.
Atlanta City Council - At-Large P1 - Nov 07, 2017 D Michael Julian Bond
GA Amendment 1: Opportunity School District - Nov 08, 2016 NO No
GA US President - D Primary - Mar 01, 2016 D Hillary Clinton
Atlanta City Council - At-Large P2 - Nov 05, 2013 N Aaron Watson
GA Governor - D Primary - Jul 20, 2010 D Roy Barnes
GA Labor Commissioner- D Primary - Jul 20, 2010 D Darryl Hicks
Atlanta Mayor - Nov 03, 2009 D Kasim Reed
GA US President- D Primary - Feb 05, 2008 D Hillary Clinton
DC Mayor - D Primary - Sep 12, 2006 D Michael A. Brown
GA District 4 - D Runoff - Aug 08, 2006 ? Cynthia McKinney
Atlanta Mayor - Nov 08, 2005 D Shirley Franklin
GA US President - D Primary - Mar 02, 2004 D Wesley Clark
US President - D Primaries - Jun 09, 2004 D Wesley Clark
IL District 07 - D Primary - Mar 19, 1996 D Dorothy J. Tillman
GA District 11 - D Primary - Jul 21, 1992 ? Cynthia McKinney
GA US President - D Primary - Mar 03, 1992 D Bill Clinton
GA District 5 - D Primary - Aug 14, 1984 D Hosea L. Williams, Sr.
GA US Senate - D Runoff - Aug 26, 1980 D Herman Talmadge
GA District 5 - Special Primary - Mar 15, 1977 D John R. Lewis