Keisha Lance Bottoms

Keisha Lance Bottoms

Running for Governor

Nominee
D

Policy Positions

Positions as of June 30, 2026, extracted from source websites.

Climate(2)

Supports stronger environmental protections, flood mitigation, brownfield redevelopment, and water infrastructure investment.

"Her agenda includes investing in flood mitigation, brownfield redevelopment, and stronger protections for vulnerable communities, while making sure water infrastructure is reliable and able to keep up with growth."

Supports sustainable economic growth with accountability on climate and environmental policy, including reassessing rapid data center expansion due to environmental and utility impacts.

"Keisha will treat climate and environmental policy as a real governing responsibility, not a talking point... Georgia needs to slow down and reassess the rapid expansion of data centers so families are not left with higher utility bills, strained water resources, and damage to surrounding communities."

Criminal Justice(2)

Supports strengthening reentry pathways through a Prison to Work initiative to reduce recidivism.

"strengthen reentry pathways through the Prison to Work initiative so more Georgians leaving prison have a real chance to succeed instead of cycling back into the system"

Supports expanding diversion and treatment options for nonviolent cases as an alternative to incarceration.

"expand diversion and treatment options for nonviolent cases"

Economy(3)

Supports restructuring the Department of Economic Development and creating dedicated offices and funding to better serve small businesses with 0 to 25 employees.

"Keisha will make small business a central focus of state economic policy by restructuring the Department of Economic Development to better serve Georgia's smallest firms. She will create an Office of Small Business and a Deputy Commissioner for Small Business focused on businesses with 0 to 25 employees."

Supports eliminating the state income tax for teachers as a targeted tax relief measure.

"eliminating the state income tax for teachers to help recruit and retain excellent educators"

Opposes Trump's tariffs and trade policies, pledging to support farmers harmed by them.

"she will fight to support farmers harmed by Trump's tariffs and trade chaos"

Education(3)

Supports eliminating the state income tax for teachers to help recruit and retain excellent educators.

"eliminating the state income tax for teachers to help recruit and retain excellent educators"

Supports creating a path to free technical and community college for high school graduates and workers seeking new skills.

"creating a path to free technical and community college so every Georgian graduating from high school, and every worker looking to learn a new skill, has the opportunity to train for a good-paying job or prepare for a new career"

Supports fully funding Georgia's schools and modernizing the state's outdated education funding formula.

"Keisha will fully fund Georgia's schools and modernize the state's outdated education funding formula so it reflects the needs of students today, not decades ago."

Guns(2)

Supports universal background checks for gun purchases.

"She will also invest in targeted violence reduction efforts, support universal background checks and a red flag law"

Supports implementing a red flag law in Georgia.

"support universal background checks and a red flag law"

Healthcare(4)

Supports expanding Medicaid in Georgia and ending the Georgia Pathways program, replacing it with broader coverage.

"Keisha will lower health care costs for everyone by expanding Medicaid, ending the failed Georgia Pathways program, and replacing it with real coverage that actually works for families."

Supports protecting reproductive freedom and investing in maternal health.

"She will also invest in maternal health, protect reproductive freedom, and make Georgia's public health infrastructure stronger and more prepared."

Supports strengthening Georgia's mental health system to provide help before a crisis occurs.

"strengthening Georgia's mental health system so people can get help before a crisis"

Supports creating a Georgia Rx Savings Board to take on prescription drug costs.

"taking on prescription drug costs by creating the Georgia Rx Savings Board"

Social Issues(1)

Supports restoring a woman's right to choose and opposes current abortion restrictions.

"Keisha will stand up for Georgians' rights and freedoms by fighting to restore a woman's right to choose."