Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Former VP Contender, Turns Down Team Biden Offer

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 50, who drew attention for participating in summer protests, calling out looters, and enacting strong COVID-19 policies, declined an offer to serve in a Joe Biden administration, according to a statement from her office.

“Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was honored to have been offered a role in the Cabinet, which she respectfully declined,” Rashad Taylor, a senior advisor to Bottoms, told AJC. “The Mayor’s focus remains on the people of Atlanta and the great state of Georgia.”