Keisha Lance Bottoms Joins CNN As Political Commentator

Atlanta GA

07 February, 2022

11:39 AM

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ATLANTA, GA — For former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' next act is a return to a familiar place — the political spotlight. This time she will be on the other side of the media microphone, so to speak, as a political commentator for Atlanta-based CNN. "I am thrilled to officially announce that I have joined @CNN as a Political Commentator," she announced in a tweet Monday morning, ironically, as the Fulton County Courthouse, just a block away from where she held court for four years in Atlanta City Hall, was broadcast on the cable news station because of a bomb scare. Before attending law school at Georgia State University and entering Atlanta politics, Bottoms was a broadcast journalism student at Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, Fla. "As a @FAMU_1887 student, I applied for the coveted VJ program at @CNN and didn't get in," she said on social media. "To now join the team nearly 30 yrs later is a reminder that a dream deferred is never a dream denied." Bottoms only served one term in office as mayor. After being reportedly courted by President Joe Biden as a potential running mate in the 2020 election, she was named as the president as the Democratic National Committee's vice chair of civic engagement and voter protection, a volunteer role. In May, after amassing a significant war chest to defend her seat against mayoral candidate Felicia Moore, Bottoms abruptly announced that she was no longer seeking re-election and later endorsed City Councilmember and eventual Mayor Andre Dickens.