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Keisha Lance Bottoms elected first Black woman to govern a US state
Keisha Lance Bottoms defeated Republican Rick Jackson by nine points in Georgia’s governor’s race, becoming the first Black woman elected governor in the United States. Her win also makes her the first Democrat to enter Georgia’s governor’s mansion in almost 30 years, marking a significant shift in a state long seen as a conservative stronghold.
Bottoms, 56, is a former Atlanta mayor and White House adviser who campaigned as a fifth-generation Georgian and promised to govern for the whole state. Jackson, a billionaire healthcare executive, spent more than $200 million of his own money on his campaign and attacked her record as mayor; Bottoms was supported on the campaign trail by former president Barack Obama. Senator Jon Ossoff also won his race, with the article noting that Bottoms could appoint a replacement if he later left the Senate.
In short
- Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s governor’s race by nine points.
- She is the first Black woman elected governor in the US.
- Her win ends nearly 30 years without a Democrat in Georgia’s governor’s mansion.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Keisha Lance Bottoms makes history as first black female governor in America – and first Democrat in Georgia’s governor’s mansion for nearly 30 years”.