Qualifying for the Nov. 3 election for City Council ends Wednesday afternoon. The mayor and all seven City Council seats are up for election.
Dodd served on the City Council from 1994 to 2001, and on the Marietta school board from 1987 to 1993. He spent 20 years in the Air Force, and accompanied Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger on their historic trip to Communist China in 1972 on Air Force One.
Coleman, 51, defeated Dodd in the 2001 race, and has served in the Ward 5 seat since 2002. A graduate of North Cobb High School and Chattahoochee Technical College, Coleman is a minister at Visions for Souls Family Center in Mableton. He has one adult son, Anthony Jr., who lives in Powder Springs.
Monday evening Coleman said he was taking nothing for granted.
"I'm getting my signs out. Putting the wave on, the heat wave on. A full court press," Coleman said.
Others qualifying Monday did so without opposition. They include Tumlin, who remains unopposed for mayor, and Council members Annette Lewis for Ward 1, Grif Chalfant for Ward 2, Van Pearlberg for Ward 4, Jim King for Ward 6, and Philip Goldstein for Ward 7.
Real estate agent Johnny Sinclair, who was elected to the City Council in 1997 and served eight years before stepping down to focus on his career, said he intends to qualify for the Ward 3 seat held by incumbent Holly Walquist this morning. Walquist said she also will qualify today.
Sinclair said he misses serving on the council. He said he's been frustrated with the progress the city has made in the years since he left office. But, he said, with Mayor Dunaway stepping down at the end of the year, he sees an opportunity for progress. Still, it will be a challenging race, he said.
"I think it's going to be a very hard race. I think the world of Holly. I just think I can do a better job," he said.
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