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.
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