Keisha Lance Bottoms Battles for Georgia Governor as 1-Term Atlanta Record Draws Fire
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 28
Keisha Lance Bottoms Battles for Georgia Governor as 1-Term Atlanta Record Draws Fire
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 28
Summary
Deadlocked polls have kept Keisha Lance Bottoms competitive in Georgia’s governor’s race, but her single term as Atlanta mayor has become a central liability in the closing stretch.
Her opponents have tied that record to Covid-era turmoil — clashes with state and federal officials, violent unrest that included the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old girl, and shrinking police ranks as violence rose.
Bottoms and her supporters argue Republicans have distorted an exceptionally difficult period for big-city mayors, though some allies still fault her decision to leave City Hall after one term.
Five years after she tearfully announced she would not seek re-election, Bottoms is asking voters to look past Atlanta’s crisis years and trust her with statewide leadership.