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Keisha Lance Bottoms beat Jackson: Governor of Georgia.

Against Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) · 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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Lost the 2026 Georgia governor's race to Keisha Lance Bottoms with about 46% of the vote

Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia's governor's race on Tuesday with about 54% of the vote, defeating Republican Rick Jackson and becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a US state. The former Atlanta mayor is also the first woman to hold Georgia's top office and the first Democrat to win it since 1998. At least eight women won statewide offices in Georgia, including governor, attorney general and secretary of state, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

Updated 6 days ago