Andre Dickens is sworn in for a second term, promising 'one Atlanta built on safety, opportunity, and shared purpose'

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:30:00 -0500

Andre Dickens was sworn in for a second term as mayor of Atlanta on Monday afternoon, becoming the 61st person to hold the office and only the fourth Atlanta mayor in modern history to begin a second consecutive full term without first winning a runoff.

The ceremony, held inside the Georgia State University Convocation Center, included all four of Dickens’s living predecessors — Andrew Young, Bill Campbell, Shirley Franklin, and Kasim Reed — seated in the front row of the dignitaries section.

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Andre Dickens is sworn in for a second term, promising 'one Atlanta built on safety, opportunity, and shared purpose'