Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces Georgia governor bid, slams Trump in campaign video

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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms launched a Georgia gubernatorial bid on Tuesday, slamming President Donald Trump in a campaign video.

"Donald Trump is a disaster for our economy and our country. From his failure to address rising prices to giving an un-elected billionaire the power to cut Medicare and Social Security. It's one terrible thing after another," she asserts in the video, later declaring, "Georgia families deserve far better than what Donald Trump and Republicans are giving us."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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Left: White House Public Engagement Advisor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks at a press briefing at the White House on Jan. 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C.; Right: President Donald Trump outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 8, 2025 (Left: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Right: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

But the Republican Governors Association (RGA) took aim at the newly announced candidate.

"Keisha Lance Bottoms’ record as Mayor is one that was a disaster for Atlanta — crime skyrocketed, with incidents of homicide, rape, aggravated assault all surging due to her failed policies. Atlanta was drastically unsafe under Bottoms, and the last thing Georgians want is to bring her policies to the entire state. Bottoms is a risk Georgians cannot afford," RGA Communications Director Courtney Alexander charged in a statement.

Bottoms said in the video that "expanding Medicaid" would be her "top priority" as the state's governor, and that she would "work to eliminate state income taxes for teachers."

She worked for President Joe Biden during a portion of his White House tenure. In 2022 she was announced as Senior Advisor to the President for Public Engagement, and then in 2023 Bottoms was selected to serve on the President's Export Council. 

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp speaks on an episode of the Ruthless Podcast at the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on Jul. 16, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Current Peach State Gov. Brian Kemp, a popular Republican who is now serving his second consecutive term, is term-limited and not eligible to seek re-election in 2026. 

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St. George, Georgia, welcome to Georgia sign (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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In addition to Bottoms, Republican state Attorney General Chris Carr and Democratic state Sen. Jason Esteves, are both also running for the job.

Olu Brown — who previously "served as the Founding and Lead Pastor of Impact United Methodist Church," according to olubrown.com — is also seeking the governorship.

In the Republican race to succeed Kemp, Georgia attorney general Chris Carr has announced his candidacy.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a supporter and ally of President Donald Trump, is seriously considering a bid for governor. 

Also considered potential candidates are Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a three-term congresswoman with a national following who represents a congressional district in the northwest part of the state and is a top Trump ally in the House of Representatives.

Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report