Editing Mableton, Georgia (section)

== History ==
=== Early history (1843–1912) ===
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, most of the land in present-day southern Cobb County belonged to the [[Cherokee]] and [[Muscogee|Creek]]. Two Native American villages were established near the area that will later become known as Mableton - the settlements of Sweet Water Town and Nickajack. Both tribes coinhabited the area peacefully, with one legend claiming that eventual ownership of the area by the Cherokee was settled via a ball game.<ref name="house">{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=The Mable House: Historic Structure Report |url=https://heritagepreservation.gsu.edu/files/2015/04/1-75-mable-house.pdf}}</ref> One of the early known records of white Europeans being aware of the inhabitants is an 1839 map depicting a 'Nickajack Creek' converging with the Chattahoochee River south and west of the [[Standing Peachtree]] settlement.<ref name="hist1">{{Cite web |title=Home, Gann Historical Society & Library, Inc. |url=http://gannhistoricalsociety.com/ |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=Gann Historical Society & Library, Inc. |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Robert Mable.jpg|left|thumb|231x231px|Robert Mable]]

The town was named after Scottish immigrant Robert Mable (October 18, 1803 – July 7, 1885), who on September 11, 1843, bought 300 acres (approximately 120 hectares or 1.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land in southern Cobb County from the [[Gold Lottery of 1832|Georgia Land Lottery of 1832]]. Mable was a millwright and farmer who grew cotton, corn, potatoes, and sorghum in the area; he owned between 11 and 48 slaves by 1860. According to oral interviews, Mable was a "fair and kind" enslaver who educated slave children alongside his own, and eventually also liberated his slaves before any government mandate ordered him to.<ref name="house" /> The [[Robert Mable House and Cemetery]], located off [[U.S. 78]] on Floyd Road just north of Clay Road, now includes an amphitheater which hosts public events.<ref>{{cite web |title=MABLETON, Cobb County. Incorporated as a town, August 19, 1912 to August 17, 1916. The post office was established June 28, 1882 |url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205174827/http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:6E8BuaIUIDEJ:www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf+mableton+incorporated&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=April 4, 2019 |publisher=Archive.is}}</ref>

More white settlers moved into the northern edge of Mableton by [[Nickajack Creek]], near Smyrna, in the mid-1800s. They formed a community initially known as Mill Grove and later Nickajack. The creek provided ample power to run grist, saw, cotton, and woolen mills. A [[covered bridge]], originally built c. 1848–1850, traverses the stream and is now part of a [[Ruff's Mill and Concord Covered Bridge|historical district]]. It is one of the few remaining covered bridges in Georgia, and still highly active today after it was later buttressed to handle automobile traffic. A notable resident of the area during that period was John Gann, Cobb County's first state senator. His home, built in 1841, still stands today and is also part of the historical district.<ref name="hist1" />

During the [[Atlanta campaign]] of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Union officers [[Walter Q. Gresham]] and [[Francis Preston Blair Jr.|Francis P. Blair Jr.]] of the [[XVII Corps (Union Army)|XVII Corps]] reached Mableton on July 3, 1864, after the [[Battle of Kennesaw Mountain|Union defeat at Kennesaw]]. Gresham replenished his troops' supplies and received medical care at Robert Mable's house, and camped for the night before advancing to Atlanta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mable House |url=https://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/the-mable-house/ |access-date=September 9, 2020 |website=Georgia Historical Society |date=June 16, 2014 |language=en-US}}</ref> The house was spared from the carnage of [[Sherman's March to the Sea]].<ref name="Tiller">{{Cite news |last=Tiller |first=Katie |title=Mableton's namesake still has ties to community |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/mableton-namesake-still-has-ties-community/Db8US5fKBGPfdmPyYbf58M/ |access-date=September 9, 2020 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Mableton Depot.jpg|left|thumb|The Mableton train depot, constructed 1881]]
The [[Georgia Pacific Railway]] (later absorbed by [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] and today known as the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]]) opened a railroad station in Mableton in December 1881. The chief engineer erected a sign displaying 'Mableton' upon completion of the station in honor of Robert. The first train from Atlanta arrived at the station just before Christmas. Shortly after, the post office was established on June 28, 1882. This replaced the post office in Bryantville, a former settlement about {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} southeast. The arrival of the railroad allowed Mableton to act as a commercial hub for then-rural Cobb County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission & Vision Statement |url=https://www.mableton.org/mission-and-vision-statement/ |access-date=September 8, 2020 |website=Mableton Improvement Coalition |language=en-US}}</ref> Cotton export flourished throughout the county from the 1890s until the [[Great Depression]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52982944 |title=Acworth |date=2003 |publisher=Arcadia |author=Acworth Society for Historic Preservation, Inc. |isbn=0-7385-1479-9 |location=Charleston, SC |oclc=52982944}}</ref>

=== Original incorporation (1912–1916) ===
[[File:Mableton Drug Store and Post Office, 1925.jpg|thumb|left|[[Homer A. Glore]] and his wife in Mableton Drug Store and Post Office in 1925]]
On August 19, 1912, Mableton was incorporated as a town but was disincorporated on August 17, 1916.<ref>{{cite book |author=Krakow, Kenneth K. |url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf |title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins |publisher=Winship Press |year=1975 |isbn=0-915430-00-2 |location=Macon, GA |page=139}}</ref> In that year, the town suffered from a heavy flood  that overwhelmed its sewer system,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/08/mableton-city/|title=When Mableton first was (and shortly thereafter wasn't) a city|first=Larry Felton|last=Johnson|date=August 20, 2023|access-date=December 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223195049/https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/08/mableton-city/|archive-date=December 23, 2023|url-status=live|website=Cobb County Courier}}</ref> resulting in an unexpected tax burden being placed upon the residents for repairs.<ref name="Tiller"/> But after locals successfully demanded that a tax on storm drains be shared by all of Cobb County instead, the town's charter was revoked and Mableton was disincorporated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Sites - Taste of South Cobb |url=http://www.tasteofsouthcobb.com/historical-sites/ |access-date=September 9, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Homer A. Glore]], a medical doctor served as the first [[List of mayors of Mableton, Georgia|mayor of Mableton]].<ref name="house" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=[Photograph of the Glore family, Mableton, Cobb County, Georgia, 1894] - Digital Library of Georgia |url=https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_cob744 |access-date=September 19, 2020 |website=dlg.usg.edu}}</ref>

=== Unincorporated area (1916–2023) ===
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=== Restored municipality (2023–)===
In 2020, a local initiative known as the South Cobb Alliance fostered a debate for cityhood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Cobb Alliance |url=https://sites.google.com/southcobballiance.org/southcobballiance/home |access-date=June 10, 2020 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref> A feasibility study conducted by the [[Carl Vinson Institute of Government]] stated that the potential city would generate $11.3 million in operating expenses and $14.6 million in revenue.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kristal Dixon |first=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |title=Study shows proposed city of Mableton is financially feasible |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/study-shows-proposed-city-mableton-financially-feasible/mDMJbf11jm0Gu02M7QRXYL/ |access-date=June 10, 2020 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |language=en}}</ref> Alternatively, nearby Smyrna considered annexing parts of Mableton. This move would have made Smyrna the largest city in Cobb County, surpassing the county seat of [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]], and would have ultimately disrupted Mableton's cityhood efforts.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kristal Dixon |first=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |title=Smyrna annexation could make it largest Cobb city, but stymie Mableton |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/smyrna-annexation-could-make-largest-cobb-city-but-stymie-mableton/FMnIhCJeD1vewuP78i3nxL/ |access-date=June 10, 2020 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |language=en}}</ref>

Following the [[2022 Georgia state elections|2022 midterm elections]], a referendum on cityhood was passed, with 13,162 in favor of Mableton's cityhood and 11,675 rejecting it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2022 |title=Results - Election Night Reporting - Cityhood Question - Mableton |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Cobb/115499/web.307039/#/detail/49?v=312027%2F}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/voters-choose-to-incorporate-mableton-making-it-georgias-newest-city|title=Voters choose to incorporate Mableton, making it Georgia's newest city|first=Denise|last=Dillon|date=November 9, 2022|access-date=December 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224183303/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/voters-choose-to-incorporate-mableton-making-it-georgias-newest-city|archive-date=December 24, 2023|url-status=live|website=FOX 5 Atlanta}}</ref> The majority of no votes were concentrated in the north of Mableton, where household income is higher.<ref name="Bloomberg"/> Human resources director Mark Sette said it was a "power grab" to annex unincorporated areas of north Mableton to "pay for all of the projects that they want down there [in south Mableton]".<ref name="Bloomberg"/> Thousands of people signed a petition to [[Municipal deannexation in the United States|de-annex areas]] that voted no from the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/push-to-de-annex-from-mableton|title=Some residents push to de-annex from newly-formed Mableton|first=Denise|last=Dillon|date=January 18, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225003414/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/push-to-de-annex-from-mableton|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=FOX 5 Atlanta}}</ref> Mableton was different in that the supporters of de-annexation were multi-racial and multi-generational while organizers of similar secession movements tended to be mainly older white residents.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-24/atlanta-suburbs-residents-want-to-secede-from-new-city-of-mableton|title=Residents of Suburban Atlanta's Newest City Are Already Trying to Secede|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=January 24, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225145419/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-24/atlanta-suburbs-residents-want-to-secede-from-new-city-of-mableton|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref>

It is the largest city in Cobb County in terms of population, with the new city incorporating about 47,000 residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11alive.com/amp/article/news/politics/elections/mableton-cityhood-cobb-county-resuts/85-b9de2490-909c-422d-bc4b-ba37c8cdf2c1 |title=Cobb County voters decide on Mableton cityhood &#124; Results |date=November 9, 2022}}</ref> The city limits also include areas of unincorporated Smyrna and Austell.

The City of Mableton was approved by the voters in a referendum on the General Election Ballot on November 8, 2022.<ref name="Dillon">{{Cite web |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/voters-choose-to-incorporate-mableton-making-it-georgias-newest-city |title=Voters choose to incorporate Mableton, making it Georgia's newest city |first=Denise |last=Dillon |date=November 9, 2022 |access-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224183303/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/voters-choose-to-incorporate-mableton-making-it-georgias-newest-city |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |url-status=live |website=FOX 5 Atlanta}}</ref>

Mableton was the only one of four proposed new cities in [[Metro Atlanta]] to be approved; the other three, [[East Cobb, Georgia|East Cobb]], [[Lost Mountain, Georgia|Lost Mountain]] and [[Vinings, Georgia|Vinings]], all failed to be incorporated as municipalities in referendums.<ref name="Defeated">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-25/the-cityhood-movement-is-defeated-in-metro-atlanta|title=The Cityhood Movement Is Defeated in Metro Atlanta|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=May 25, 2022|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225163321/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-25/the-cityhood-movement-is-defeated-in-metro-atlanta?sref=A1Z2GUXp|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> In May 2022, Brentin Mock of [[Bloomberg News]] described the city movement in Metro Atlanta as being "defeated".<ref name="Defeated"/> Though Mock reported that Mableton was different as it was the only one out of the four to have a majority non-white population and is assembling around "principles of diversity, affordability and inclusive voting rights".<ref name="Different">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-05-26/how-to-create-an-inclusive-city?|title=A Different Kind of Cityhood Movement in Metro Atlanta|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=May 26, 2022|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225163448/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-05-26/how-to-create-an-inclusive-city?sref=A1Z2GUXp|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> Politically, Mableton is in [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb County]] whose [[County commission|board of commissioners]] was majority white and Republican for most of its history, until 2020 when it became majority black and Democrat.<ref name="Different"/> According to a preliminary analysis from Cobb County, the incorporation of Mableton would result in a net annual loss of $8 million from the city's budget after accounting for the services that the county would no longer provide for it.<ref name="Different"/>

The referendum was the result of the General Assembly's passage of House Bill (HB-839), which set the boundaries of the city, established city council districts, and laid out the powers of the Mayor and Council. The law also established March 21, 2023, as the date for a special election for the first council members and [[List of mayors of Mableton, Georgia|mayor of Mableton]].

===De-annexation calls===
Michael Owens stated that he was not against de-annexation but that his focus was on the majority of Mableton residents who wish to be in the city.<ref name="Q&A"/> LaTonia Long and Michael Murphy both opposed de-annexation.<ref name="Q&A"/> Mayoral candidate Aaron Carman said that he supported the people involved in the de-annexation effort but stated that if the de-annexation efforts do not pass, Mableton needed someone that could "bring the city together".<ref name="Q&A">{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/q-mableton-mayoral-candidates-233600472.html|title=Q&A with Mableton mayoral candidates|date=February 28, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225004027/https://news.yahoo.com/q-mableton-mayoral-candidates-233600472.html|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Yahoo News}}</ref> State representative [[David Wilkerson (politician)|David Wilkerson]] submitted two de-annexation bills that would have allowed some areas to de-annex from Mableton but both failed in the [[Georgia General Assembly]].<ref name="Bill"/> A compromise bill in response to the bills submitted by Wilkerson was drafted by state representatives [[Terry Cummings (politician)|Terry Cummings]] and [[Michael Smith (Georgia politician)|Michael Smith]] but this also failed as it was not published in time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/mableton-mayor-city-council-election|title=Polls open Tuesday to decide Mableton's first mayor, city council|first=Denise|last=Dillon|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225003345/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/mableton-mayor-city-council-election|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=FOX 5 Atlanta}}</ref><ref name="Bill">{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mableton-annexation-fails-under-gold-223500792.html|title=Mableton de-annexation fails under the Gold Dome|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231225150705/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mableton-annexation-fails-under-gold-223500792.html?guccounter=1|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Yahoo Finance}}</ref>

===2023 mayoral election===
The 2023 Mableton mayoral election took place on March 21, 2023, in Mableton, with a runoff held on April 18, 2023, as no candidate got 50% of the vote in the general election. Aaron Carman gained the most votes in the first round but lost the runoff to former [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb County]] Democratic Committee chair [[Michael Owens (politician)|Michael Owens]] who became the first [[List of mayors of Mableton, Georgia|mayor of Mableton, Georgia]] in over 100 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wabe.org/mableton-first-ever-mayor-talks-his-top-proprieties-for-cobb-countys-largest-city/|title=Mableton first-ever mayor talks his top priorities for Cobb County's largest city|date=June 13, 2023|access-date=December 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223204319/https://www.wabe.org/mableton-first-ever-mayor-talks-his-top-proprieties-for-cobb-countys-largest-city/|archive-date=December 23, 2023|url-status=live|website=WABE}}</ref> Despite the runoff election being described as historic, only 6,113 votes were cast and [[voter turnout]] remained low at 12.9% of 47,200 registered voters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/michael-owens-elected-mayor-mableton-035900737.html|title=Michael Owens elected mayor of Mableton|date=April 19, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231225133525/https://sports.yahoo.com/michael-owens-elected-mayor-mableton-035900737.html?guccounter=1|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Yahoo Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atlantaciviccircle.org/2023/04/19/turnout-enthusiasm-remained-low-for-mabletons-historic-runoff-elections/|title=Turnout, enthusiasm remained low for Mableton's historic runoff elections|first=Ryan|last=Zickgraf|date=April 19, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225133625/https://atlantaciviccircle.org/2023/04/19/turnout-enthusiasm-remained-low-for-mabletons-historic-runoff-elections/|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Atlanta Civic Circle}}</ref>

====Candidates====
* Aaron Carman, sales manager and IT salesman<ref name="Candidates">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mableton.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mableton-Candidate-List_January-20-2023-revised-2-06-23.pdf|title=Mableton City Candidates|date=March 21, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225011531/https://www.mableton.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mableton-Candidate-List_January-20-2023-revised-2-06-23.pdf|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=www.mableton.org}}</ref>
* LaTonia Long, public policy manager and former chief of staff to state senator [[Gloria Butler]]<ref name="Fundraising">{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/latonia-long-leads-fundraising-race-223900421.html|title=LaTonia Long leads fundraising race among Mableton mayoral candidates|date=March 15, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231225005430/https://news.yahoo.com/latonia-long-leads-fundraising-race-223900421.html?guccounter=1|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Yahoo News}}</ref> ''(eliminated in the first round, endorsed Owens in runoff)''<ref name="Former candidates">{{Cite web|url=https://spotlightsouthcobbnews.com/mableton-mayoral-candidate-michael-owens-endorsed-by-former-mayoral-candidates/|title=Mableton Mayoral Candidate Michael Owens endorsed by former mayoral candidates|date=April 3, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225112824/https://spotlightsouthcobbnews.com/mableton-mayoral-candidate-michael-owens-endorsed-by-former-mayoral-candidates/|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=spotlightsouthcobbnews.com}}</ref>
* Michael Murphy, business owner, chair of the Georgia Black Republican Council and former aide to Cobb County Chairman Mike Boyce<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mableton-mayoral-candidates-offer-plans-035900891.html|title=Mableton mayoral candidates offer their plans for trash service|date=March 16, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225004200/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mableton-mayoral-candidates-offer-plans-035900891.html|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Yahoo Finance}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiablackrepublicancouncil.org/team/michael-murphy|title=Michael Murphy|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225013138/https://www.georgiablackrepublicancouncil.org/team/michael-murphy|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Georgia Black Republican Council}}</ref> ''(eliminated in the first round, endorsed Owens in runoff)''<ref name="Former candidates"/>
* [[Michael Owens (politician)|Michael Owens]], former chair of the [[Cobb County]] Democratic Committee (2016–2019), candidate for [[Georgia Secretary of State]] in [[2022 Georgia Secretary of State election|2022]], and candidate for {{ushr|GA|13}} in [[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia#District 13|2014]] and [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia#District 13|2020]]<ref name="Candidates"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotlightsouthcobbnews.com/cobb-county-democrat-dr-michael-owens-enters-race-for-georgia-secretary-of-state/|title=Cobb County Democrat Dr. Michael Owens enters race for Georgia Secretary of State|date=September 26, 2021|access-date=December 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224085034/https://spotlightsouthcobbnews.com/cobb-county-democrat-dr-michael-owens-enters-race-for-georgia-secretary-of-state/|archive-date=December 24, 2023|url-status=live|website=spotlightsouthcobbnews.com}}</ref>

====Endorsements====
{{Endorsements box|title=Michael Owens|list=
'''Statewide officials'''
* [[Roy Barnes]], former governor of Georgia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/03/roy-barnes-endorses-michael-owens-in-mableton-mayoral-race/|title=Roy Barnes Endorses Michael Owens In Mableton Mayoral Race|first=Larry Felton|last=Johnson|date=March 3, 2023|access-date=December 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224102015/https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/03/roy-barnes-endorses-michael-owens-in-mableton-mayoral-race/|archive-date=December 24, 2023|url-status=live|website=Cobb County Courier}}</ref>
'''State legislators'''
* [[Erick Allen]], former state representative from the 40th District<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotlightsouthcobbnews.com/news-leading-up-to-the-election-of-mableton-mayor-and-council/|title=News leading up to the election of Mableton mayor and council|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225005441/https://spotlightsouthcobbnews.com/news-leading-up-to-the-election-of-mableton-mayor-and-council/|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=spotlightsouthcobbnews.com}}</ref>
'''Local officials'''
* Ron Davis, Mableton city councilor-elect for District 1<ref name="Endorsements">{{Cite web|url=https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/04/owens-receives-endorsement-from-sheriff-craig-owens-district-1-councilman-elect-ron-davis-in-his-mayoral-bid-for-mableton/|title=Owens receives endorsement from Sheriff Craig Owens, District 1 Councilman-elect Ron Davis in his mayoral bid for Mableton|first=Larry Felton|last=Johnson|date=April 12, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225005340/https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/04/owens-receives-endorsement-from-sheriff-craig-owens-district-1-councilman-elect-ron-davis-in-his-mayoral-bid-for-mableton/|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Cobb County Courier}}</ref>
* Craig Owens, [[Cobb County]] Sheriff<ref name="Endorsements"/>
'''Labor unions'''
* Atlanta North Georgia Labor Council<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://owensformableton.com/endorsements/f/atlanta-north-georgia-labor-council-supports-owens-for-mayor|title=Atlanta North Georgia Labor Council Supports Owens for Mayor|first=Michael Owens for Mayor of|last=Mableton|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225004410/https://owensformableton.com/endorsements/f/atlanta-north-georgia-labor-council-supports-owens-for-mayor|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Michael Owens for Mayor of Mableton}}</ref>
}}

====Fundraising====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan=4 |Campaign finance reports as of March 15, 2023
|- style="text-align:center;"
!Candidate
!Total raised
!Cash on hand
|-
| Aaron Carman
| align="center"|$9,600
| align="center"|Not disclosed
|-
| LaTonia Long
| align="center"|$21,940{{efn|Long and her husband loaned her campaign $3,500.}}
| align="center"|$7,775
|-
| Michael Murphy
| align="center"|$6,750
| align="center"|Not disclosed
|-
| Michael Owens
| align="center"|Not disclosed
| align="center"|Not disclosed
|-
! colspan="4" |<ref name="Fundraising"/>
|}

====First round====
{{Election box begin no party no change | title=First round results<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/election-results-city-of-mableton-clayton-county-special-elections|title=Election Results: City of Mableton, Clayton County special elections|date=March 21, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225142341/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/election-results-city-of-mableton-clayton-county-special-elections|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=FOX 5 Atlanta}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change|
|candidate = Aaron Carman
|votes = 2,162
|percentage = 36%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change|
|candidate = [[Michael Owens (politician)|Michael Owens]]
|votes = 1,846
|percentage = 31%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change|
|candidate = LaTonia Long
|votes = 1,472
|percentage = 24%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change|
|candidate = Michael Murphy
|votes = 561
|percentage = 9%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change|
|candidate = ''Write-in''
|votes = 43
|percentage = 0.7
}}
{{Election box total no party no change
| votes = 6,084
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}

====Runoff====
{{Election box begin no party no change | title= Second round results<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/city-mableton-elects-first-mayor-city-council/Z2J4W5XSL5BQHCOB3VICNR4EC4/|title=City of Mableton elects first mayor, city council|date=April 19, 2023|access-date=December 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223204907/https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/city-mableton-elects-first-mayor-city-council/Z2J4W5XSL5BQHCOB3VICNR4EC4/|archive-date=December 23, 2023|url-status=live|website=WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change|
|candidate = [[Michael Owens (politician)|Michael Owens]]
|votes = 3,396
|percentage = 55.68%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change|
|candidate = Aaron Carman
|votes = 2,703
|percentage = 44.32%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change|
|candidate = ''Write-in''
|votes = 14
|percentage = 0.22%
}}
{{Election box total no party no change
| votes = 6,113
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}