{"id":487934,"date":"2021-05-09T08:51:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T12:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=487934"},"modified":"2021-05-09T08:51:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T12:51:12","slug":"abundantly-clear-atlanta-mayor-keisha-lance-bottoms-wont-seek-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abundantly-clear-atlanta-mayor-keisha-lance-bottoms-wont-seek-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Abundantly Clear\u2019: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Won\u2019t Seek Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabundantly-clear-atlanta-mayor-keisha-lance-bottoms-wont-seek-reelection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=487934&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232744125-scaled-e1620404780662.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"42.343910806175\">\n<p>Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday that she will not be seeking reelection in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YO6w10t_azA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference<\/a> Friday morning, Bottoms told the crowd that it is time to \u201cpass the baton to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been my highest honor to serve as mayor of this city,\u201d she said. \u201cMy family moved to the west side of Atlanta and they found community and they found purpose and they found a way to make the lives of their children better and I stand here on their shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.3846153846154\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4yHFpvnVre\">https:\/\/t.co\/4yHFpvnVre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b7IJEIyojq\">pic.twitter.com\/b7IJEIyojq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeishaBottoms\/status\/1390494737967235074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/08717c00-1f00-473e-8057-f0c6f0aacbc1.filesusr.com\/ugd\/b67709_ca306b0decf3407f8a667c952c29bc49.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a>, Bottoms outlined some of the successes of her administration over the last four years, including raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, handling a cyber attack, and creating an affordable housing trust fund.<\/p>\n<p>During Bottom\u2019s term, the city saw numerous protests and riots in the wake of the George Floyd shooting and a 58% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/atlantas-deadliest-year-in-decades-has-city-on-edge-and-demanding-change\/WAF3MV7AVBD2BO2RZVANXDI6E4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rise<\/a> in homicides in 2020. Bottoms also faced a serious challenger in Felicia Moore, the president of Atlanta\u2019s city council, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and 2014 Gubernatorial candidate Jason Carter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/keisha-lance-bottoms-not-running-reelection-atlanta-georgia-crime-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Fox News. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/05\/8-year-old-girl-shot-atlanta-keisha-bottoms-rayshard-brooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: It\u2019s Over: Atlanta Mayor Says Protestors Should Clear Out After 8-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bottoms says she is not stepping down because of her reelection prospects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/keisha-lance-bottoms-not-running-reelection-atlanta-georgia-crime-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to FOX News. In her <a href=\"https:\/\/08717c00-1f00-473e-8057-f0c6f0aacbc1.filesusr.com\/ugd\/b67709_ca306b0decf3407f8a667c952c29bc49.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a>, she says that she had the single most successful fundraiser of any Mayor in Atlanta and that polls show that she would win the election.<\/p>\n<p>For the remainder of her term Bottoms <a href=\"https:\/\/08717c00-1f00-473e-8057-f0c6f0aacbc1.filesusr.com\/ugd\/b67709_ca306b0decf3407f8a667c952c29bc49.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that she \u201cwill make every decision, keeping what is best for our communities top of mind, and will continue to work diligently to improve the lives of those in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday that she will not be seeking reelection in 2021. 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