Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, announced on Twitter that she is signing on as a political commentator for CNN.

Once considered a candidate for vice president, Bottoms detailed in her tweet on Monday that she previously applied to the video journalism program at CNN when she was an undergraduate student studying broadcast journalism at Florida A&M University, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

The former mayor, who declined to run for a second term in 2021, tweeted an open letter explaining her decision, Fox 5 Atlanta reports.

"As Derek and I have given thoughtful prayer and consideration to the season now before us, it is with deep emotions that I hold my head high, and choose not to seek another term as Mayor," her message read, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

In 2017, Bottoms secured the mayoral position, beating out 11 other candidates. However, she dealt with many obstacles during her tenure, such as handling the coronavirus pandemic, addressing police brutality occurrences, trying to control an increase in violence and the protests stemming from the killing of George Floyd, Fox 5 reports.

With Bottoms' new position at CNN, she will remain engaged with politics.

"To now join the team nearly 30 (years) later is a reminder that a dream deferred is never a dream denied," she affirmed in a tweet.

She will also perform duties for the Democratic National Committee as vice chair of civic engagement and voter protection. Bottoms is also the first honorary fellow of the HBCU Executive Leadership Institute, an organization located at Clark Atlanta University and focused on providing instruction for individuals seeking to serve as leaders at historically Black colleges and universities, The Atlanta Journal reports.

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