But he is unlikely to cut into the overwhelming lead of Maynard Jackson.

Last year, it worked for the Atlanta mayoral campaign of Maynard Jackson, who was elected.

He was elected later that year with 55% of the vote, succeeding Maynard Jackson.

He was succeeded by Maynard Jackson who returned as mayor from 1990 to 1994.

Maynard Jackson, national development chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Atlanta's Mayor, Maynard Jackson, and other black elected officials welcome the effort.

And the Mayor who greeted him at the airport, Maynard Jackson, was black, too.

The effort started in 1973 with the election of Maynard Jackson as Mayor, the first black to hold that post.

During the race, he tried to persuade his top rival, Maynard Jackson, to drop out of the race.

Maynard Jackson (1963) was the first African-American mayor of Atlanta in 1974.