Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, whose moves to end cash bail requirements for low-level offenders earned praise from liberals, launched her campaign Monday to be Georgia’s governor.

Bottoms, a former senior adviser in the Biden White House, filed paperwork to begin receiving campaign contributions, The Hill reported, and is the most high-profile Democrat to enter the 2026 race to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

“I am honored and humbled by the encouragement I have received as I have considered running for Governor,” Bottoms said in a statement. “I am taking an important administrative step in this journey by filing necessary paperwork to establish a Campaign Committee. I look forward to making an announcement in the coming weeks.”

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