Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms launches run for Georgia governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor who more recently served in top posts at the Democratic National Committee and in former President Joe Biden’s White House and 2024 campaign, is running for governor of Georgia.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor who more recently served in top posts at the Democratic National Committee and in former President Joe Biden’s White House and 2024 campaign, is running for governor of Georgia.  

She announced her campaign Tuesday morning, releasing a video on social media that recounts her upbringing and tight-knit family and criticizes President Donald Trump.  

“These days, most Georgians are right to wonder: Who’s looking out for us? Donald Trump is a disaster for our economy and our country. From his failure to address rising prices to giving an unelected billionaire the power to cut Medicare and Social Security — it’s one terrible thing after another,” Bottoms says in the video.  

She criticizes Georgia’s decision under successive Republican governors not to expand Medicaid, promising to do so if she is elected, and she highlights support for first responders like firefighters and police officers, as well as teachers; promises to “crack down on corporate landlords raising prices”; and says her administration would help young people get “better pathways to college or career training.”  

Speaking Monday with NBC News ahead of her announcement, Bottoms said that "Trump 2.0 has been even more catastrophic for our state," ticking off a laundry list of sectors she said are hurting because of his actions.