keisha lance bottoms

WATCH: At Georgia governor debate, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms answers questions solo

By Kelsey Paul

Georgia governor's debate highlights voters' top concerns

While much of the focus this midterm season is on congressional races, there are also 36 states across the country holding elections for governor. One of those is Georgia, a purple state where the former Democratic mayor of Atlanta, Keisha…

By Liz Landers, Jonah Anderson, Doug Adams

Midterm elections head into the home stretch as candidates attend Labor Day events

This year’s campaigns already have been combative, busy and expensive.

By Patrick Whittle, Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Democratic nomination for Georgia governor

The former Atlanta mayor hopes to win a seat that has eluded her party for more than two decades.

By Associated Press

Voters participte in the Georgia Midtern Primary Elections in Atlanta, Georgia

Live Results: Georgia midterm congressional primaries

Georgia Republicans will keep duking it out among themselves as they head toward a runoff to pick their candidates for governor and U.S. Senate in the battleground state after Tuesday's primary failed to produce outright victors.

Keisha Lance Bottoms leaving White House, returns to Atlanta

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

President Joe Biden has appointed a former Columbia, South Carolina, mayor to be a top White House adviser. Steve Benjamin will take over the White House Office of Engagement from former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is returning to…

WATCH: White House previews Biden's trip to Atlanta to mark MLK Day

By Steve Peoples, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

On Sunday morning, President Joe Biden is due to speak at a commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the historic Atlanta house of worship where King preached from 1960 until his assassination in 1968.

In surprise, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won't seek a second term

By Bill Barrow, Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms confirmed Friday that she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city's second Black woman executive.

WATCH: Atlanta mayor invokes Rep. Lewis' legacy, urges voting

By Associated Press

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has invoked the legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis as she encourages people to vote.

Defiance grows as Georgia governor blocks local mask rules

By Jeff Amy, Ben Nadler, Associated Press

Mayors in Atlanta and other Georgia cities say they want their requirements for people to wear masks in public to remain in place, even after Gov. Brian Kemp explicitly forbade cities and counties from mandating face coverings.