Mayor Mike Bodker Qualifies To Run For Re-Election

JOHNS CREEK, GA -- Johns Creek's longtime mayor has decided to run for another term serving the city. Mike Bodker qualified on Monday to seek re-election to the post he's held since the city's incorporation in 2006.

“We have worked as a team to successfully build the nicest city with the highest standards and best quality of life available in Georgia,” Bodker said Monday.

Johns Creek is also widely touted as the safest city "with the lowest crime rate of any city of its size, anywhere," he added (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

"We enjoy the best schools, an extremely low unemployment rate and growing parks and recreational programs for families," he continued. "These successes don’t happen by accident. They are the result of mature leadership that also looks out for taxpayers."

Bodker's re-election bid won't be a cakewalk, however. Local businessman Alex Marchetti has indicated he will also run for the office of mayor in the Nov. 7 general municipal elections.

“With one more term, I will be able to complete the mission that we started out to do when we first incorporated our city," Bodker continued. "I want to work to make sure our traffic relief plans are implemented, new sidewalks are put in and all neighborhoods are repaved. I want to work to keep taxes down, and want to focus on keeping Johns Creek moving forward rather than going backward.”

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Bodker was the leader of the successful effort to pass the 2006 voter referendum in creating the city of Johns Creek. He has been leader in civic and community groups and is a founding board member and chairman of the Johns Creek Foundation. He is a member of Chabad of North Fulton and the PTA.

Bodker graduated from Lakeside High School and earned a BBA in accounting from the University of Georgia.

Mike and his wife, Lisa, have three children between them. The Bodkers are fans of Chattahoochee High School Cougar football.

Image via city of Johns Creek