Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: The WABE Interview

While reflecting on her recent decision not to run for reelection, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says every mayor has a finite amount of time to hold that position — whether it be four years or eight years — and when you know, you just know. 

“I still didn’t feel in my heart that I should run again.”

“I just knew. I wish I could articulate it,” said Bottoms during her first lengthy interview since announcing in early May that she wouldn’t seek a second term.