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MAY 26, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Keisha Lance Bottoms has pushed to a new market high near 93% ahead of Georgia’s May 19 primary, while fresh AJC reporting still frames her as the clear front-runner. That keeps the trader focus on whether Michael Thurmond or another challenger can force a runoff, but the market remains heavily anchored to Bottoms.
Thurmond’s nominee odds fell intraday while Bottoms remains the clear favorite, keeping the trader focus on whether he can still force a runoff in Georgia’s May 19 Democratic primary.
Bottoms’ nominee odds rose to about 92%, extending her frontrunner status as fresh reporting shows she’s still the candidate to beat ahead of Georgia’s May 19 primary. That keeps the Democratic race anchored around her and leaves the main trader question as whether a late runoff scenario can still emerge.
Current roleFormer Mayor
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyMainstream Democrat
Age56 years old (Jan 18, 1970)
GenderFemale
LocationGeorgia
BackgroundAttorney
EducationFlorida A&M University (B.A., Communications)
Notable personal detailsKeisha Lance Bottoms is an American attorney and Democratic politician. She served as the 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (2018–2022) after previously serving on the Atlanta City Council. In 2022–2023, she served in the Biden White House as Senior Advisor for Public Engagement and as Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. She has also been a candidate for Georgia governor in the 2026 election cycle.
The candidate supports targeted tax relief (including proposing elimination of state income tax for teachers) alongside expanded investments in education, affordable housing, small‑business support, and workforce training. Her record as mayor includes using tax-credit programs and city trust funds to spur development and offset property‑tax pressure on long‑time residents.
Keisha Lance Bottoms prioritizes expanding Medicaid in Georgia to cover hundreds of thousands of uninsured residents and to prevent rural hospital closures. She supports extending Affordable Care Act premium subsidies and lowering health-care costs for families through federal and state action.
Supports protecting asylum access and humane treatment of migrants, opposes family separations and limiting local cooperation with ICE, and favors improving legal processing (more immigration judges and pathways) rather than punitive enforcement-only responses.
The candidate supports restoring the legal protections of Roe v. Wade and opposes Georgia’s six-week abortion ban. She has said she would use the powers of the governor’s office to protect abortion access and reproductive health care.
Has supported and promoted aggressive local climate goals including Atlanta’s “Clean Energy Atlanta” plan committing the city to transition to 100% clean energy (municipal operations and citywide) by 2035 and has publicly testified on the need for urgent climate action and federal support. Policy emphasis includes energy efficiency, expanding renewable energy, resilience, and equitable protections for vulnerable communities.
Supports stronger gun restrictions including strengthening background checks and reinstating a federal assault weapons ban; emphasizes reducing gun proliferation to improve public safety while supporting law enforcement and public safety investments.
Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary and is now the party’s nominee for governor. She has been campaigning with Sen. Jon Ossoff in Atlanta as Georgia Democrats try to build momentum ahead of the general election. Bottoms is waiting for the Republican nominee, with Republicans still in a runoff, and she is aiming to become the first Democrat elected Georgia governor since 1998.
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
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