Politics
Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Georgia governor race, becoming first Black woman elected US governor
November 4, 2026 at 05:35 AM
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms defeated Republican Rick Jackson in Tuesday's election, becoming the first Black woman elected governor in US history.
- Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor and Biden administration adviser, beat Republican Rick Jackson on Tuesday.
- Jackson, a billionaire, spent more than $100 million of his personal fortune in the race.
- Bottoms campaigned with Senator Jon Ossoff, who won re-election Tuesday, and former president Barack Obama.
- She pledged to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and to roll back abortion restrictions in the state.


