Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who gained national prominence scrapping with President Donald Trump before joining President Joe Biden’s inner circle, entered the race for Georgia governor Tuesday with a vow to bring “battle-tested” leadership to the Capitol.

The Democrat told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution she would work to find consensus even with longtime Republican foes while also insisting that anxious Georgia voters want leaders willing to aggressively combat Trump and his closest allies.

“Right now, people want somebody who’s fighting for them,” she said in an interview. “People have seen me fight. They know that I’m not afraid of Donald Trump. They know that I know how to deliver in uncertain times.”

Bottoms aims to snap a Democratic losing streak for Georgia’s top

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