Keisha Lance Bottoms

**Keisha Lance Bottoms** ( née **Lance** ; an haife ta a ranar 18 ga Janairu, 1970)  lauya ce kuma 'yar siyasa ' yar Democrat wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin magajin gari na 60 na Atlanta, Georgia, daga 2018 zuwa 2022. An zaɓe ta a matsayin magajin gari a 2017, wanda a da ta kasance memba na Majalisar Birnin Atlanta da ke wakiltar wani ɓangare na Kudu maso Yammacin Atlanta .  Bottoms ba ta sake tsayawa takara a karo na biyu a matsayin magajin gari ba. Shugaba Joe Biden ya naɗa Bottoms a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar hulɗa da jama'a da kare masu jefa ƙuri'a a DNC don wa'adin 2021-2025.  A watan Yunin 2022, Bottoms ta shiga gwamnatin Biden a matsayin babbar mai ba da shawara kuma darektan Ofishin Hulɗa da Jama'a na Fadar White House  inda ta yi aiki har zuwa Fabrairu 2023. Bottoms ta taɓa yin aiki a matsayin memba na Majalisar Fitar da Fice ta Shugaban Ƙasa .  A halin yanzu tana takarar Gwamna Georgia a zaɓen 2026 .

Ta sami digirin farko a fannin sadarwa daga Jami'ar Florida A&amp;amp;M, inda ta mai da hankali kan aikin jarida na watsa labarai.   Ta sami digirin JD daga Kwalejin Shari'a ta Jami'ar Jihar Georgia a shekarar 1994. Ita memba ce a kungiyar Delta Sigma Theta .   

## Farkon aikina
Bottoms ta kasance mai gabatar da ƙara kuma ta wakilci yara a kotunan matasa .   A shekara ta 2002, ta zama alkaliyar majistare a Atlanta.  A shekara ta 2008, ta yi takarar alkalanci ba tare da nasara ba a Kotun Koli ta Fulton . 

An zaɓe Bottoms a Majalisar Birnin Atlanta a 2009 da 2013, inda ta wakilci Gundumar 11 a kudu maso yammacin Atlanta. Ta yi aiki har zuwa 2017. Ta kasance babbar darekta a Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority tun daga 2015. 

## Magajin Garin Atlanta

### Zaɓe
 
An zaɓi Bottoms a matsayin magajin garin Atlanta a shekarar 2017, bayan ya sami ƙuri'u da yawa (26%) a cikin tarin 'yan takara a ranar zaɓe, sannan ya kayar da abokiyar takararsa Mary Norwood a zaɓen zagaye na biyu .   Ita ce mace 'yar Afirka ta shida kuma mace 'yar Afirka ta biyu da ta yi aiki a matsayin magajin garin Atlanta.

An binciki Bottoms a lokacin zaɓen magajin gari kan wasu kuɗaɗen da aka biya ma'aikatan kamfen da suka kai sama da dala 180,000 waɗanda ba a bayar da rahotonsu yadda ya kamata ba.  A watan Oktoba na 2017, ta mayar da dala 25,700 da ta samu daga ƙungiyar PRAD Group, wani ɗan kwangila na injiniya wanda Ofishin Bincike na Tarayya ya kai samame ofishinsa a watan da ya gabata.  A ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 2017, ta yi kira ga babban lauyan Georgia da ya binciki kiran waya na bogi da aka yi da sunanta. 

### Zamanin aiki
Bottoms ta ayyana cewa Atlanta "birni ne mai maraba" kuma "za ta ci gaba da kasancewa a bude da maraba ga kowa" bayan matakin da shugaban kasa na wancan lokacin Donald Trump ya dauka game da 'yan gudun hijira a Amurka .  A shekarar 2018, ta sanya hannu kan wata doka ta hana gidan yarin birnin tsare fursunonin ICE .  A watan Yulin 2019, Bottoms ta ce, "Birninmu ba ya goyon bayan ICE . Ba mu da wata alaka da Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta Amurka. Mun rufe cibiyar tsare mutanen da aka tsare a ICE, kuma ba za mu kama mutanen da aka kama bisa laifin karya dokar shige da fice ba." 

A watan Fabrairun 2020, Bottoms ta fitar da rahoton farko na Atlanta na LGBTQ Affairs wanda ya mayar da hankali kan yadda manufofi, shirye-shirye, da shirye-shirye daban-daban za su iya inganta rayuwar 'yan LGBTQ Atlanta.   A shekarar 2018, ta ƙirƙiri kwamitin ba da shawara na LGBTQ na farko a birnin, wanda ya haɗa da mai ba da nishaɗi Miss Lawrence da mai fafutuka Feroza Syed . A watan Disamba na 2020, Bottoms ta naɗa darektan farko na LGBTQ Affairs na birnin, Malik Brown, kuma ta sanar da ci gaba da shugabancin kwamitin ba da shawara na LGBTQ.  

Bottoms ya yi kakkausar suka ga gwamnan Georgia Brian Kemp bayan ya sanar da sake bude kasuwancin Georgia a watan Afrilun 2020, yana mai cewa lokaci ya yi da za a fara annobar COVID-19 . 

Lokacin da Atlanta ta fuskanci tarzoma bayan kisan George Floyd, Bottoms ta yi Allah wadai da wadanda ke da hannu a lamarin,   amma daga baya ta nuna kyakkyawan fata yayin da take magana da masu zanga-zanga a wani zanga-zanga, tana cewa, "Akwai wani abu mafi kyau a daya bangaren."  Ta kuma yi Allah wadai da Trump sau da yawa saboda "kara ta'azzara lamarin" da kuma tayar da rikicin kabilanci,   kuma ta karfafa wa mutane gwiwa su kaɗa ƙuri'a, tana mai cewa, "Idan kuna son sauyi a Amurka, ku je ku yi rijista don kaɗa ƙuri'a. Wannan shine canjin da muke buƙata a wannan ƙasar."  A watan Yunin 2020, jami'an 'yan sanda da yawa na Atlanta sun yi yajin aiki don nuna rashin amincewa da tuhumar da ake yi wa jami'an da ke da hannu a kisan Rayshard Brooks .  Bottoms ta ce kwarin gwiwar APD "ya ninka sau goma". 

A farkon watan Yulin 2020, yayin da shari'o'in COVID-19 suka tsananta a Atlanta, Bottoms ta bayar da umarnin zartarwa da zai dakatar da wasu daga cikin matakan sake budewa daga Mataki na 2 zuwa Mataki na 1 kuma ya bukaci kowa a cikin iyakokin birnin ya sanya abin rufe fuska, amma babu wata sanarwa da ta tabbatar da hakan.  A ranar 15 ga Yuli, Gwamnan Georgia Brian Kemp ya bayar da umarnin dakatar da dukkan umarnin rufe fuska na gida, kuma a ranar 16 ga Yuli ya shigar da kara a kan Bottoms a Kotun Koli, yana neman soke umarninta da kuma hana ta magana game da shi.  Bai shigar da irin wannan karar a kan sauran biranen Georgia da ke da umarnin rufe fuska ba, kamar Savannah da Athens .  An dage zaman sauraren karar da aka shirya yi a ranar 21 ga Yuli lokacin da alkalin ya janye kanta. 

A watan Mayu na 2021, Bottoms ta sanar da cewa ba za ta sake tsayawa takara a zaben magajin garin Atlanta na 2021 ba. 

### Zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na 2020

A watan Yunin 2019, Bottoms ya goyi bayan Joe Biden a zaɓen fidda gwani na shugaban ƙasa na jam'iyyar Democrat na 2020.  Bayan da Biden ya yi alƙawarin zaɓen mace a matsayin mataimakiyarsa a muhawarar CNN ta Maris 2020, *Politico* ta ba da rahotonta a matsayin wadda za ta iya tsayawa takara.  A watan Yuni, CNN ta ba da rahoton cewa Bottoms yana cikin manyan zaɓuka huɗu da ya zaɓa, tare da Wakili Val Demings da Sanata Kamala Harris da Elizabeth Warren . 

An naɗa Bottoms a matsayin shugabar dindindin ta dindindin a taron ƙasa na jam'iyyar Democrat na 2020,  inda aka nuna ta a matsayin mai jawabi. 

## Gwamnatin Biden

Bayan zaɓen Biden, an ambaci Bottoms a matsayin wanda zai iya zama ɗan takarar Sakataren Gidaje da Ci Gaban Birane na Amurka .  A watan Janairun 2021, Biden ya zaɓi Bottoms na tsawon shekaru huɗu a matsayin mataimakin shugaban hulɗar jama'a da masu jefa ƙuri'a a Kwamitin Ƙasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat, wani aiki da ya mayar da hankali kan kare haƙƙin zaɓe da faɗaɗa shigar masu zaɓe. 

A watan Yunin 2022, an sanar da cewa Shugaba Joe Biden ya zaɓi Bottoms don maye gurbin Cedric Richmond a matsayin darektan Ofishin Hulɗa da Jama'a .  A ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, 2023, an sanar da cewa Stephen K. Benjamin zai maye gurbin Bottoms a watan Afrilun 2023. A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 2023, Biden ta naɗa Bottoms a Majalisar Fitar da Kaya ta Shugaban Ƙasa.  A ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2025, an ruwaito cewa Shugaba Donald Trump ya kore ta daga aiki, kodayake Bottoms ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta yi murabus ranar da ta gabata ba tare da ta sanar da murabus ɗinta a bainar jama'a ba.  

## Yaƙin neman zaɓen gwamnan Georgia na 2026
 
A ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 2025, Bottoms ta sanar da takararta ta neman takarar gwamnan Georgia a jam'iyyar Democrat a shekarar 2026.  

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Tarihin iyalan Bottoms za a iya samo shi ne daga tsararraki biyar zuwa Shepherd Peek, wani mutum da aka 'yanta daga wani gona kusa da Crawfordville, wanda wataƙila ya yi aiki a majalisar dokokin jihar Georgia a lokacin sake ginawa .  

A watan Oktoban 1994, ta auri Derek W. Bottoms a Cocin Ben Hill United Methodist da ke Atlanta. Sun haɗu shekaru uku da suka gabata a shekararsu ta farko a matsayin ɗalibai a Kwalejin Shari'a ta Jami'ar Jihar Georgia. Bayan ƙoƙarin da ba su yi nasara ba na ɗaukar ciki ta hanyar halitta, sun ɗauki 'ya'yansu huɗu.

Mijinta shine mataimakin shugaban ayyukan aiki da hulɗa da abokan hulɗa na The Home Depot . Ya shiga kamfanin a shekara ta 2000, bayan ya shafe sama da shekaru biyar a kamfanin lauyoyi na Powell Goldstein. Ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin gudanarwa na gidauniya da dama.

Bottoms memba ce ta The Links, wata ƙungiyar zamantakewa da hidima ta mata baƙar fata da aka kafa a shekarar 1946 kuma tana da hedikwata a Washington, DC 

## Duba kuma

* 'Yan takarar Kotun Koli na Joe Biden
* Jerin magajin gari na manyan birane 50 a Amurka

## Manazarta