Heidi Davison Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honorable
Heidi Davison
Office:Mayor of Athens, Georgia
Term Start:January 7, 2003
Term End:January 4, 2011
Predecessor:Doc Eldridge
Successor:Nancy Denson
Nationality:American
Party:Democrat
Spouse:Al Davison [1]
Residence:Athens, GA
Alma Mater:University of Georgia[2]
Profession:Educator
Website:http://www.athensclarkecounty.com/commission/

Heidi Davison is an American politician from Georgia, U.S., and is the former mayor of Athens, Georgia. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Background

Davison attended the University of Georgia and received a B.S.Ed in Elementary Education and M.Ed in Middle School Education.[3] Before becoming mayor, Mrs. Davison worked as an Elementary and Middle School Language Arts teacher from 1975 till 1989.[4] She then worked as manager of Alan Campbell Studios, an art studio and gallery in Athens, Georgia, from 1992 until 1998. From 1999 until 2001, she was the Project Direct of the Senior Leadership Academy, and Athens Area Council on Aging.[5] Davison served as the Director of Leadership Athens from 1996 until 2001, and a Leadership Development Associate for the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership from 1999 till 2002.[6]

Political career

Davison 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.[7] Additionally, she was a School Board candidate in 1993.[8]

Mayor

See also: List of mayors of Athens, Georgia. In 2002, Davison was elected to a 4-year term as Mayor of Athens, Georgia. As mayor, Davison pushed for stronger natural resource protection, more public safety officers, stronger neighborhood protection, and citizen participation.[9] [10]

Davison was elected to a second term in 2006.[11] On January 2, 2007, Mayor Davison was sworn in for her second term as the Mayor or Athens.[12]

As mayor, Davison presided over the largest increase in overall poverty rates in Athens history.[13]

Mayor Davison was term-limited under the Unified Government's charter, and therefore prohibited from running for reelection in 2010. When her term expired on January 4, 2011, she was succeeded by Nancy Denson, the former Clarke County Tax Commissioner.

Personal life

Heidi Davison is married to Al Davison.[14]

Electoral history

Mayor of Athens Democratic Primary, 2002Threshold > 50%

First Ballot, August 20, 2002 [15]

CandidateAffiliationSupportOutcome
Heidi DavisonDemocrat≈45%Runoff
Doc EldridgeDemocrat≈41%Runoff
Richard DeRoseDemocrat≈10%Defeated
Eric KrasleDemocrat≈4%Defeated
Othersn/a1%Defeated

Second Ballot, September 10, 2002 [16]

CandidateAffiliationSupportOutcome
Heidi DavisonDemocrat57%Elected
Doc EldridgeDemocrat43%Defeated

Mayor of Athens, 2002

Threshold > 50%

First Ballot, November 5, 2002 [17]

Mayor of Athens, 2006

Threshold > 50%

First Ballot, November 8, 2006 [18]

CandidateAffiliationSupportOutcome
Heidi DavisonDemocrat≈48%Runoff
Charlie M. MaddoxUnavailable≈30%Runoff
Tom ChasteenUnavailable≈24%Defeated
Richard DeRoseDemocrat≈1%Defeated
Othersn/a1%Defeated

Second Ballot, December 5, 2006 [19]

CandidateAffiliationSupportOutcome
Heidi DavisonDemocrat55%Elected
Charlie M. MaddoxUnavailable45%Defeated

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  2. Web site: Heidi's Biography .
  3. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  4. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  5. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  6. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  7. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  8. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  9. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  10. Web site: Heidi on the Issues . 2010-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081029042303/http://www.electheidi.com/issues/issues.php . 2008-10-29 . dead .
  11. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  12. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  13. Web site: Poverty Data.
  14. Web site: Mayor Heidi Davison . https://archive.today/20120715112724/http://athensclarkecounty.org/commission/ . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  15. Web site: General Primary and Nonpartisan Election Official Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100924072652/http://athensclarkecounty.com/elections/results_p02.html . 2010-09-24 .
  16. Web site: General Primary and Nonpartisan Election Run-Off . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100924072916/http://athensclarkecounty.com/elections/results_r02.html . 2010-09-24 .
  17. Web site: General / Nonpartisan Election Official Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100924072059/http://athensclarkecounty.com/elections/results_g02.html . 2010-09-24 .
  18. Web site: 2006 General Election . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100924072559/http://athensclarkecounty.com/elections/results_g06.html . 2010-09-24 .
  19. Web site: 2006 General Election Runoff . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100924071824/http://athensclarkecounty.com/elections/results_g06r.html . 2010-09-24 .