Editing Bibb County, Georgia (section)

===Elections===
[[File:Bibb County Courthouse, base of Confederate monument, circa 1876 - DPLA - 54681e1bd3e6d3f9e7328362443594da.jpeg|thumb|249x249px|Bibb County Courthouse, ''circa'' 1876]]
In 2013, the consolidated city-county held its first elections. Macon's incumbent mayor [[Robert Reichert]] received 49% of the vote in the general election on September 17 over the other five mayoral candidates, but a winner had to take a majority of the vote. Reichert subsequently won 63% of the vote in a [[Two-round system|runoff election]] against former Macon mayor [[C. Jack Ellis]].<ref name="13wmaz.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|title=Election Race Results &#124; Macon, GA - Warner Robins, GA &#124; 13WMAZ.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131016122604/http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|archive-date=October 16, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref>
Reichert was unopposed for re-election in 2016, following the death of his only opponent before the election. Under the city-county charter, the mayor is subject to [[Term limits in the United States|term limits]] and may serve only two consecutive terms. Reichert had to leave office in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macon.com/news/politics-government/election/article79718572.html|title=Reichert reveals plans for final term, reflects on past|last=Dunlap|first=Stanley|date=May 25, 2016|website=The Telegraph {{!}} Macon.com|language=en|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>

As an urban county with a majority African-American population, voters in Bibb County today consistently vote at high rates for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidates counties in presidential elections. During the late 19th century and into the late 1960s, when most African Americans were disenfranchised by the state constitution and practices under [[Jim Crow]], white conservatives dominated the Democratic Party and voting. The combination of these two contrasting affiliations resulted in the majority of county voters having supported for a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate only three times in its history. Bibb was the only county in the [[2004 Georgia flag referendum|2004 flag referendum]] to vote to keep the [[Flag of Georgia (U.S. state)#Third flag (2001–2003)|2001 flag]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Statewide Advisory Flag Referendum |url=https://sos.ga.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0302/0000230.htm |website=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=February 11, 2022 |date= July 7, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140703025741/https://sos.ga.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0302/0000230.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref>
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{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|20,778|26,727|2,427|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|19,847|28,070|6,132|Georgia}}
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{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|15,175|31,770|1,185|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|12,819|31,902|0|Georgia}}
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{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|13,490|10,579|17,328|Georgia}}
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{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|7,242|14,966|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|6,121|14,687|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,837|7,011|3,229|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,884|5,352|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,371|6,729|37|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|452|5,722|23|Georgia}}
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{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|58|2,048|201|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|71|1,741|105|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|565|1,946|68|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|236|2,117|40|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|250|1,897|42|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|670|1,854|1,125|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|641|3,627|102|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,121|2,215|119|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|857|1,727|0|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|908|1,588|0|Georgia}}