Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t seek second term

The mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, who was seen as a possible running mate for Joe Biden in last year’s presidential election, said late on Thursday she will not seek a second term in office.

Bottoms, 51, who was elected mayor in 2017 and is just the second Black woman to lead the city, did not provide a reason for her decision and did not say what she would do next, when she announced the surprise news.

“It is with deep emotions that I hold my head high, and...