Historic Victory: Keisha Lance Bottoms Becomes America's First Black Woman Governor in Georgia

11/04/2026

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected governor of Georgia on Tuesday, making history as the first Black woman to be elected governor in the United States, defeating Republican businessman Rick...

11/04/2026

Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Georgia governor race, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a US state.

11/04/2026

Her victory follows Georgia reelecting its first Jewish senator, Democrat Jon Ossoff, alongside its first Black senator, Raphael Warnock

11/04/2026

Keisha Lance Bottoms has made history by becoming the first Black woman elected governor in US history. The former Atlanta mayor defeated Republican Rick Jackson in Georgia, breaking a political...

11/04/2026

Lance Bottoms defeated billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson, the Republican candidate. Outgoing Republican Governor Brian Kemp was term-limited and could not run again

11/04/2026

A former mayor of Atlanta, Bottoms served in the position from January 2018 to January 2022 and later served as a senior adviser to Biden's 2024 re-election campaign

11/04/2026

A former Atlanta mayor, Bottoms won despite a staggering campaign spending deficit driven by the billionaire Jackson.

11/04/2026

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman governor of Georgia, while Democrat Gina Hinojosa is set to become Texas’s first Latina governor.