Heidi Davison is a politician from Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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United States

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, and is the former mayor of Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...

. She is a member of the Democratic Party

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Background

Mayor Davison attended the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

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 and received a B.S.Ed in Elementary Education and M.Ed in Middle School Education

Secondary education

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. Before becoming mayor, Mrs. Davison worked as a Elementary and Middle School Language Arts teacher from 1975 till 1989. Then she served as the Studio Manager at Alan Campbell Studios from 1992 until 1998, and the Project Direct of the Senior Leadership Academy, and Athens Area Council on Aging from 1999 until 2001. Finally she served as the Director

Board of directors

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 of Leadership Athens from 1996 until 2001, and a Leadership Development Associate for the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership from 1999 till 2002.

Political career

Davison has served as the Unification Commission Executive Secretary, in the Solid Waste Advisory Committee, on the SPLOST '94 Citizen's Panel, the SPLOST Advisory Committee, as well as managing and volunteering for several local, state and national political campaigns. Additionally, she was a School Board candidate in 1993.

Mayor

On January 7, 2003, Davison took up office and started her 4-year term as Mayor of Athens, GA. Since her election, Mayor Davison has pushed for stronger national resource protection, more public safety officers, stronger neighborhood protection, and citizen participation.

On January 2, 2007, Mayor Davison was sworn in for her second term as the Mayor or Athens.

Mayor Davison was term-limited under the Unified Government's charter, and she was thus prohibited from running for reelection in 2010, despite her continuing popularity. Her term expired on January 4, 2011. She was succeeded as Mayor of Athens-Clarke County by Nancy Denson, the former Clarke County Tax Commissioner.

Electoral history

Mayor of Athens Democratic Primary, 2002
Threshold > 50%

First Ballot, August 20, 2002

Candidate	Affiliation	Support	Outcome
Heidi Davison	Democrat	≈45%	Runoff
Doc Eldridge	Democrat	≈41%	Runoff
Richard DeRose	Democrat	≈10%	Defeated
Eric Krasle	Democrat	≈4%	Defeated
Others	n/a	1%	Defeated

Second Ballot, September 10, 2002

Candidate	Affiliation	Support	Outcome
Heidi Davison	Democrat	57%	Elected
Doc Eldridge	Democrat	43%	Defeated

Mayor of Athens, 2002

Threshold > 50%

First Ballot, November 5, 2002

Candidate	Affiliation	Support	Outcome
Heidi Davison	Democrat	100%	Elected

Mayor of Athens, 2006

Threshold > 50%

First Ballot, November 8, 2006

Candidate	Affiliation	Support	Outcome
Heidi Davison	Democrat	≈48%	Runoff
Charlie M. Maddox	Unavailable	≈30%	Runoff
Tom Chasteen	Unavailable	≈24%	Defeated
Richard DeRose	Democrat	≈1%	Defeated
Others	n/a	1%	Defeated

Second Ballot, December 5, 2006

Candidate	Affiliation	Support	Outcome
Heidi Davison	Democrat	55%	Elected
Charlie M. Maddox	Unavailable	45%	Defeated

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