Jackson, GA

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Democratic mayor of Atlanta, defeated billionaire Rick Jackson, a Republican, in the governor’s race in Georgia in a historic upset that ends a GOP trifecta in the state. She is the first Democrat to win a governor’s race in the formerly ruby-red state in nearly 30 years and will be

Keisha Lance Bottoms is now Georgia’s governor-elect. The former Atlanta mayor and senior advisor to President Biden was victorious over Rick Ja...

The result is a crucial victory for Democrats in their push to retake the Senate majority, flipping a seat that Collins has held for nearly 30 years.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, will be the first Democrat to occupy Georgia’s top office in more than two decades and the first Black woman governor anywhere in the country. Bottoms defeated her Republican opponent, healthcare executive Rick Jackson, who was endorsed by both outgoing Gov. Brian Kemp and President Donald Trump […]

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Bottoms will be the first Black and first female governor of the state.

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is projected to win Georgia's gubernatorial race against Republican businessman Rick Jackson - flipping the governor's m...

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will win the gubernatorial race in Georgia, according to an Associated Press race call, defeating Republican Rick Jackson.

  (CNN) — Several candidates have made history with their projected wins in tonight’s midterms. Keisha Lance Bottoms is projected to become the first Black governor of Georgia, the first female governor of Georgia and the first female Black governor in US history. Bottoms, who also served in the Biden administration, beat out Trump-endorsed Rick Jackson. […]

Bottoms, a former adviser to ex-President Joe Biden, beat Republican Rick Jackson.