Keisha Lance Bottoms

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Keisha Lance Bottoms (* 18th January 1970 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party and the 60th Mayor of Atlanta in the US state of Georgia.

Life

Keisha Lance Bottoms is the daughter of Sylvia Robinson and the R&B musician Major Lance (1939-1994). She has successfully completed Frederick Douglass High School and Florida A&M University . She received her Juris Doctor from the College of Law at Georgia State University .

In 2017 she became the successor of Kasim Reed , elected Mayor of Atlanta after receiving first 26% of the vote and in the subsequent runoff election 821 votes more received than their City Council colleague Mary Norwood.

During the mayoral campaign, Bottoms was investigated for several lump-sum payments to campaign workers totaling over US $ 180,000, the proper reporting of which was doubted. In October 2017, she voluntarily repaid campaign contributions of $ 25,700 received from PRAD Group, an engineering company whose office had previously been raided by the FBI .

On November 4, 2017, she asked the Georgia Attorney General to investigate fake robocalls on her behalf that her campaign said had been laden with racist undertones.

In her role as Mayor of Atlanta she said in response to the immigration policies of US President Trump, Atlanta is a hospitable city will remain open and all welcome.

In June 2019, Bottoms announced that it would support Joe Biden in the Democratic Party's presidential primaries. In March 2020, Politico named her as a possible running mate Joe Bidens. The running mate will become US Vice President if he wins the election .

At the end of April 2020, she criticized that Governor Brian Kemp had ended the lockdown against the corona epidemic in the United States too early. On July 6, 2020, she announced that she had Covid-19 without symptoms .

Keisha Lance Bottoms is married to Derek W. Bottoms. The couple have four adopted children (three boys and one girl).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meet the Mayor | Atlanta, GA. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Template: dead link /! ... nourl  ( page no longer available ) about. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Atlanta Journal Constitution: Who is Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms? Cox Enterprises , February 9, 2018, accessed April 27, 2020 .
  4. ^ Bottoms, Norwood in runoff for Atlanta mayor. November 8, 2017, Retrieved April 15, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Steve Gehlbach: Mary Norwood concedes defeat in Atlanta mayoral race. Retrieved April 15, 2020 (American English).
  6. ^ Stephen Deere, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dan Klepal: Atlanta mayoral race: Bottoms campaign disclosures under scrutiny. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Dan Klepal, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kelly Yamanouchi: Atlanta mayoral candidate to return donation from embattled contractor. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Political Insider Jim Galloway: Bottoms calls for AG inquiry into racist robo-calls. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  9. ↑ As Trump enacts ban on refugees, Atlanta doubles down as a 'welcoming city'. In: SaportaReport. January 30, 2017, Retrieved April 15, 2020 (American English).
  10. Jump up ↑ Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Endorses Joe Biden for President. Retrieved April 15, 2020 (American English).
  11. ↑ Biden squeezed on his most critical decision: His VP pick. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  12. ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/atlanta-mayor-rebukes-gov-kemp-decision-reopen-1500577
  13. ↑ cbsnews.com Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tests positive for coronavirus
  14. ↑ https://www.ajc.com/news/local/who-derek-bottoms-husband-atlanta-mayor-keisha-lance-bottoms/wSpFH7X4sHqZSCE5txsi0N/
personal data
SURNAME Bottoms, Keisha Lance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Democratic Party politician, 60th Mayor of Atlanta
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta