Mary Norwood said on April 18 that she will be an independent candidate this year for Chair of the Fulton County, Georgia, Commission. She will need 22,599 valid signatures by July 13. Fulton County is Georgia’s most populous county and contains most of the city of Atlanta. See this story.

County office in Georgia is partisan, but city office is non-partisan in Atlanta and in almost all Georgia cities. Norwood was elected to the Atlanta city council in 2001, and left the council in 2009 to run for Mayor. She placed first, with 46%, in the first round, but she narrowly lost the December 1, 2009 run-off to Kasim Reed. Thanks to Kyle Bennett for the link.