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Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms makes US history as first Black woman to be elected state governor
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Keisha Lance Bottoms, former Atlanta mayor, has won the Georgia gubernatorial race, becoming the first Black female governor in the US.
- Georgia, a historically swing state, saw Bottoms defeat Republican billionaire Rick Jackson, who had heavily invested over $100 million in the campaign.
- Bottoms, 56, has a background as an attorney, magistrate judge, and Atlanta city council member, and previously served as a senior adviser in the Biden administration.
- She campaigned alongside Democratic senator Jon Ossoff and former president Barack Obama, focusing on affordability, Medicaid expansion, and protecting abortion access.
- Bottoms entered the race after Lucy McBath, the initial Democratic favorite, withdrew, and she won the primary without a runoff against six other candidates.
