SAVANNAH, Ga. — Democratic governor candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms came back to Savannah on Friday morning for one of the last stops of her campaign, telling a packed room at Kim’s Cafe that every supporter should bring at least one more voter to the polls before Election Day on Nov. 3.
The crowd filled the cafe to standing room only. Savannah Mayor Van Johnson, a longtime ally, joined her and told the audience that her concern for the city went well beyond Atlanta, recalling that when COVID-19 hit, she phoned often to ask how people in Savannah were holding up.
Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, faces Republican Rick Jackson in a race that late polling showed as essentially tied, with her ahead by about half a point. She told supporters she would not relax until the last ballot is counted, and said the campaign had already been in Brunswick earlier that morning before arriving in Savannah.
She also pressed for Democratic wins further down the ballot, including seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission and in the state House and Senate.
If elected, Bottoms said her first priorities would be restoring money lost to federal funding cuts, suspending the state grocery tax and expanding Medicaid. Her campaign describes her as a fighter with executive experience who wants steady leadership for working families in Georgia.
The Savannah visit came as both campaigns crisscross Georgia in the final days. Polls across the state open Tuesday morning for the general election, and Chatham County voters will help decide a governor race that has stayed close to the end.
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