Keisha Lance Bottoms reflects on her leadership decisions (Part 2)

Me as a leader, as I would imagine it was for people across the country, because we were in unchartered territory. Another thing I learned was trusting my instincts on things. And it didn't mean that I got everything right, but it meant that I needed to be comfortable in knowing that every decision I made, I made that believing I was doing the right thing at that time. Is there anything you regret? Oh, gosh. Over the course of my term as mayor, I can just say I did everything I thought that I should do in the moment. But as a leader, you know, you can't not think about every decision and wonder, was that the right one? Would things have turned out differently? I mean, people were really surprised that you didn't seek reelection. And I'm wondering what that period out of elected office did for you. It was really important for me, personally and professionally. I write about my dad dying at 55, unexpectedly, and the health challenges he faced, and my realizing I was on that same path. My kids were a lot younger. Remembered a moment during the pandemic when we were all on lockdown, seeing them while the sun was still up and realizing I never saw them during daylight hours. Yeah, you have four children. Four children. So I don't regret that decision at all. I do wholeheartedly believe that in stepping back and doing something that nobody else understood, that there was strength in that and it was necessary. And I had no idea that I would even run for governor, but it gave me an opportunity to step back and process and reassess and determine what my priorities were. And here I am as the governor elect. You are the first female black governor in a US State. But seven other black women also won statewide races in Georgia, including Penny Brown Reynolds as Secretary of State, Tanya Miller as Attorney general. What's going on?