The Los Angeles Times looks at the runoff elections set for tomorrow in Atlanta, where two mayoral candidates are hoping to sway the city’s LGBT voters–many of whom may be energized to go to the polls and vote for two openly gay candidates running for city council and the state legislature.

Mayoral candidates Kasim Reed, a former state senator, and Mary Norwood, a city council member, are heavily targeting Atlanta’s LGBT voters, with each questioning each other’s commitment to the community.  Norwood supports full marriage equality for same-sex couples, while Reed says he supports civil unions.  Reed, who sponsored an LGBT-inclusive hate crimes measure in the state senate, accuses Norwood of missing a city council vote that would have extended certain benefits to same-sex couples.

Alex Wan (pictured) is in a runoff campaign to win a seat on the Atlanta City Council.  He would be the first openly gay man and the first Asian-American elected in the city.  Simone Bell could become the first openly lesbian African-American state legislator if she wins her runoff race for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.