Keisha Lance Bottoms seeks Georgia governorship, targeting historic milestone
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Oct, 15:42 · Archive
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is running to become the first Black woman elected governor in the United States.
Keisha Lance Bottoms is running as the Democratic nominee to become Georgia governor. No Black woman has ever been elected governor in any US state. The 56-year-old former Atlanta mayor and onetime White House adviser to President Joe Biden focuses her campaign on policy rather than the historic nature of her candidacy.
Bottoms, who traces her Georgia family back at least five generations to a plantation in Crawfordville, rarely mentions slavery, segregation or race explicitly in her campaign. She is running against Republican nominee Rick Jackson, a 72-year-old billionaire who grew up in Atlanta but now lives on a suburban estate. Jackson and other Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have attacked Bottoms' tenure as Atlanta mayor, describing the city as crime-ridden and claiming she ruined it.
Bottoms has dismissed these characterisations as a familiar political strategy. She points to Atlanta's hosting of the Olympic Games and eight World Cup soccer matches as evidence against the narrative of decline.
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- Georgia's Keisha Lance Bottoms navigates the challenges of Black women battling political barriersGeorgia Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is trying to make history as the first woman to be elected governor in the United States.Clickorlando · 28 Oct, 15:18
- Georgia's Keisha Lance Bottoms navigates the challenges of Black women battling political barriersGeorgia Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is trying to make history as the first woman to be elected governor in the United States.News4Jax · 28 Oct, 15:18
In this story: Keisha Lance Bottoms · Rick Jackson · Joe Biden · Donald Trump · Georgia · Atlanta
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