PHOTOS: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms through the years

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Democrats Hold Unprecedented Virtual Convention From Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, WI - AUGUST 20: In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms addresses the virtual convention on August 20, 2020. The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is now taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by DNCC via Getty Images) (Handout/DNCC via Getty Images)

Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden Campaigns In Georgia ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 27: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks before Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during a drive-in campaign rally in the parking lot of Cellairis Ampitheatre on October 27, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden is campaigning in Georgia on Tuesday, with scheduled stops in Atlanta and Warm Springs. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

President Biden Meets With Mayors And Governors On Need To Pass American Rescue Plan WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan (D--MI), left, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D-GA), center look on as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with governors and mayors in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, to discuss the vital need to pass the American Rescue Plan, which will get more support to their communities and those on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Pool/Getty Images)

Atlanta Mayor Bottoms lowers curfew to 8 p.m. starting today Inn this May 30, 2020, photo, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces a 9 p.m. curfew as protests continue over the death of George Floyd. As the coronavirus and protests against police brutality have swept the nation, black female mayors including Atlanta’s Keisha Lance Bottoms and Chicago’s Lori Lightfoot have led the charge. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

New bridge honors late Atlanta mayor, an ode to the “new South” November 25, 2019 - Atlanta - Ed McBrayer (from left), Executive Director of the PATH Foundation, Michael Julian Bond, Atlanta Council member, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta Mayor, Beau Allen, grandson of Ivan Allen Jr., and Jim Kennedy, Chairman, Cox Enterprises, dedicate the bridge. The PATH Foundation dedicated a bridge to former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. The Ivan Allen Gateway creates a trail connection from Centennial Park to the westside, and serves as a memorial to Mayor Ivan Allen Jr., Atlanta’s mayor from 1962-1970. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

Fox announces free screenings of ‘The Hate U Give’ for youth in Atlanta and beyond ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 03: (L-R) Algee Smith, Amandla Stenberg, Lamar Johnson, Kai N. Ture, Bobby Sessions, TJ Wright, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Regina Hall, Angie Thomas, Karan Kendrick, and George Tillman Jr. attend "The Hate U Give" Atlanta Red Carpet Screening at Regal Atlantic Station on October 3, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 20th Century Fox) (Paras Griffin)

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