State Senate Minority Leader Gloria Butler, D-Stone Mountain, D-Atlanta, speaks to press after she announced her retirement at the Senate in the Capitol in Atlanta, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
State senators clap for Senate Minority Leader Gloria Butler, left, D-Stone Mountain, after she announced her retirement at the Senate in the Capitol in Atlanta, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
State Senate Minority Leader Gloria Butler, D-Stone Mountain, hugs Sen. Donzella James, seated, D-Atlanta, after Butler announced her retirement at the Senate in the Capitol in Atlanta, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)