Keisha Lance Bottoms

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Keisha Lance Bottoms (née Lance; born January 18, 1970), also known as KLB, is an American attorney and politician who served as the 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2018 to 2022. Previously, she served as a member of the Atlanta City Council from 2010 to 2018, representing part of Southwest Atlanta. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Bottoms was elected mayor in 2017 and did not seek re-election in 2021. In 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Bottoms to serve as vice chair of civic engagement and voter protection at the Democratic National Committee. In 2022, she joined the Biden administration as senior advisor and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, where she served until February 2023. Bottoms formerly served as a member of the President's Export Council. Bottoms is the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2026 election. If elected, she will be the first Black and female governor of Georgia and the first Black woman to serve as governor...

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