Politics
Fresh off decisive victory for Bottoms, Ossoff predicts ‘winning coalition’ will win for Democrats.
Keisha Lance Bottoms and Sen. Jon Ossoff lead the Democratic ticket for governor and senator after the May primaries. (AJC file)
Shortly after Keisha Lance Bottoms secured the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor Tuesday night, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff called her with enthusiastic congratulations on her victory.
That same night, Ossoff posted a note to social media, intentionally positive and complimentary. “Congratulations to @KeishaBottoms on a well-fought victory,” it began.
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Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Jon Ossoff (right) and Raphael Warnock acknowledge a crowd of supporters during a meet and greet at the Cobb Civic Center on Nov. 15, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. (John Amis for the AJC)
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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams and Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock greet supporters during a campaign stop at the Cobb County Civic Center on Aug. 31, 2022, in Marietta, Georgia. (Jason Getz/AJC)
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Patricia Murphy is the AJC’s senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.
Patricia Murphy is the AJC’s senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.
