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Alex Wan
Image of Alex Wan
Atlanta City Council District 6
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Prior offices
Atlanta City Council District 6

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 2, 2021

Education

Bachelor's

Georgia Institute of Technology

Graduate

University of Pennsylvania

Contact

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Alex Wan is a member of the Atlanta City Council in Georgia, representing District 6. He assumed office on January 3, 2022. His current term ends on January 5, 2026.

Wan ran for election to the Atlanta City Council to represent District 6 in Georgia. He won in the general election on November 2, 2021.

Wan was also a candidate for president of the Atlanta City Council in Georgia. He was defeated in the runoff election on December 5, 2017.

Biography

Wan earned his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He later received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Elections

2021

See also: City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2021)

General election

General election for Atlanta City Council District 6

Alex Wan defeated Kathryn Voelpel and Courtney DeDi in the general election for Atlanta City Council District 6 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Alex Wan
Alex Wan (Nonpartisan)
 
79.0
 
7,809
Image of Kathryn Voelpel
Kathryn Voelpel (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
10.8
 
1,064
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Courtney DeDi (Nonpartisan)
 
9.9
 
981
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
28

Total votes: 9,882
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 57

Stacey Evans won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 57 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans (D)
 
100.0
 
29,595

Total votes: 29,595
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 57

Stacey Evans defeated Alex Wan, Kyle Lamont, and Jenne Shepherd in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 57 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
 
56.8
 
7,891
Image of Alex Wan
Alex Wan
 
32.4
 
4,500
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Kyle Lamont
 
7.4
 
1,029
Image of Jenne Shepherd
Jenne Shepherd
 
3.4
 
477

Total votes: 13,897
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2017)

The city of Atlanta, Georgia, held a runoff election for any race where no candidate received a majority (50 percent plus one) of the general election votes cast in the general election the month prior.[2] Felicia A. Moore defeated Alex Wan in the runoff election for city council president.

Atlanta City Council President, Runoff Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Felicia A. Moore 54.52% 46,683
Alex Wan 45.48% 38,942
Total Votes 85,625
Source: City of Atlanta, GA, "Fulton County/DeKalb County ‐ Official and Complete Combined Results," accessed December 12, 2017

The city of Atlanta, Georgia, held a general election for mayor, city council president, three at large council members, 13 by district council members, and two city judges on November 7, 2017.[2] Alex Wan and Felicia A. Moore defeated C.T. Martin in the general election for city council president.[3]

Atlanta City Council President, General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Alex Wan 38.23% 33,321
Green check mark transparent.png Felicia A. Moore 35.31% 30,778
C.T. Martin 26.43% 23,039
Write-in votes 0.04% 32
Total Votes 87,170
Source: DeKalb County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report, November 7, 2017, Unofficial and Incomplete," November 7, 2017 and Fulton County, Georgia, "November 7, 2017 Municipal General and Special Elections," accessed November 7, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

Endorsements

Wan's campaign website included the following endorsements for 2017:[4]

  • Buckhead Coalition
  • Georgia Equality
  • Atlanta Board of Realtors
  • The Victory Fund

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Alex Wan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Alex Wan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

See also


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jennifer Ide
Atlanta City Council, District 6
2022 - Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Atlanta City Council, District 6
2010–2017
Succeeded by
Jennifer Ide