Biden backs Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor in his first post-presidency endorsement

Former President Joe Biden gave his first post-presidency endorsement, urging Georgians to vote for Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

In a video posted on social media, Biden sang Bottoms’s praises, saying he’d “known her for a long time” and that she is “something special.” Bottoms served in the Biden administration as a senior adviser.

“As mayor of Atlanta, Keisha faced every challenge a leader could face, and then some: a global pandemic, a major cyberattack on the city system, economic uncertainty that tested every community across Georgia,” Biden said. “But she handled the law with steady, thoughtful leadership. That’s the definition of battle-tested cases.”

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