Mayor Kasim Reed and family hit the polls in southwest Atlanta

• Joeff Davis
• Mayor Kasim Reed and his daughter Maria Kristan Reed at the voter check in table this morning at Fickett Elementary School.

More than 60,000 Fulton County residents have voted as of 1 p.m. Among that number: Mayor Kasim Reed, who showed up this morning to vote with his wife and his infant daughter Maria Kristan at Fickett Elementary School in southwest Atlanta. Reed said the visit to the polls was his daughter's first voting experience and held her as he showed his identification and cast his ballot.

In a brief press conference after exiting the polling place, Reed said he expected high turnout and Democratic candidates to win. He told reporters that he voted an all-Democratic ticket but predicted that the Governors race and the Senate race would go into a run offs.

When asked what would be the difference between a Jason Carter and Nathan Deal governorship, he said he did not see any difference if either candidate won. He then added that he "had not given it a lot of thought." The mayor added that having Carter in the Governor's office "would be fine." Reed noted his good working relationship with Gov. Nathan Deal - "I have had a cooperative relationship with the governor," he said - but echoed his previous comments that "Jason is a good man."

Reed said he has been more focused on the U.S. Senate race between Democratic nonprofit veteran Michelle Nunn and GOP businessman David Perdue. "Control of the United States Senate was more consequential," Reed said.

The mayor also said he was disappointed with Secretary of State Brian Kemp's investigation into the New Georgia Project's voter registration efforts, calling the techniques "voter suppression." "The tactics would backfire," Reed said.

When asked when he last changed a diaper, the mayor said, while holding his daughter, "about six hours ago." That would have been around 5 a.m. "I was so tired," he said, "that I sent out a mistweet. I said the Election Day was 11/2."