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Keisha Lance Bottoms will be Georgia’s next governor in historic win

States Newsroom · November 4, 2026

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…

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Keisha Lance Bottoms will be Georgia’s next governor in historic win

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