Why Is Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Refusing to Seek Reelection?

If the Mayor could win reelection, wouldn’t she try?

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms attends a climate change hearing on July 17, 2019. (photo: Senate Democrats)

To the shock of political observers on both sides of the aisle, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, once and future rising star of the Democratic Party, announced in May she will not be seeking reelection.