Keisha Lance Bottoms

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Keisha Lance Bottoms won: Governor of Georgia.

Against Rick Jackson (R) · Cook rating: Toss Up

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Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Georgia governor's race, a first for Black women in the US

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Won the Georgia governor's race on 2026-11-03

Georgia had not elected a Democratic governor since 1998. On Tuesday it elected Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, making her the first Black woman elected governor of any US state. The Associated Press described it as ending 250 years of US history without one.

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Notable Quotes

"What we do in this moment will echo through history." — to the Associated Press before Election Day

from Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Georgia governor's race, a first for Black women in the US · Updated Yesterday

"It's a long-standing playbook to paint Atlanta as this big bad place." — on Republican attacks on her mayoral record

from Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Georgia governor's race, a first for Black women in the US · Updated Yesterday