Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms defeated Republican Rick Jackson in Georgia's gubernatorial election, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a United States state. She is also the first woman and the first Black person elected governor of Georgia, returning the office to Democratic control for the first time since 2003.
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Bottoms, 56, defeated Jackson, a 72-year-old billionaire healthcare tycoon and first-time candidate who largely self-funded his campaign, in a closely contested battle to succeed term-limited Republican Governor Brian Kemp.
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Bottoms, 56, defeated Jackson, a 72-year-old billionaire healthcare tycoon and first-time candidate who largely self-funded his campaign, in a closely contested battle to succeed term-limited Republican Governor Brian Kemp.
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and returned the Georgia governorship to Democratic control for the first time since 2003.
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Bottoms, who led Atlanta as mayor from 2018 to 2022, built her campaign around expanding Medicaid, addressing affordable housing, and mounting opposition to several Trump administration policies, successfully assembling a winning coalition in one of the midterm cycle's marquee battlegrounds.
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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has become the first Black woman elected governor of a United States state after defeating Republican Rick Jackson in Georgia's gubernatorial election.
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She later joined President Joe Biden's administration in 2022 as senior adviser and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement before securing Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial nomination in May 2026.
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