The election for Atlanta city council president promises to be the most highly charged race in the city in 2025.

By the end of qualifying on Aug. 22, only two candidates had put their hats in the ring — Atlanta City Councilmember Marci Collier Overstreet and Rohit Malhotra, a nonprofit leader who is on leave as executive director of the Center for Civic Innovation (CCI).

It’s a classic race between an insider and an outsider — a race that offers a clear choice for voters.

In May, SaportaReport had the exclusive story that Malhotra would be running for City Council President and taking a leave from CCI.

Within 30 minutes of the story posting, Overstreet called me wanting equal coverage. She had been the first to announce that she was running for president.

I told Overstreet that I saw

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