Ex-Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reportedly wins Georgia governor race
Al Jazeera says the Democrat defeated Republican Rick Jackson and became the first Black woman elected governor in the US, succeeding outgoing Republican Brian Kemp.
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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms defeated Republican Rick Jackson in Georgia’s governor election, Al Jazeera said. Bottoms is the first Black woman elected governor in the United States, according to the report.
Bottoms is a former mayor of Atlanta and a former adviser to President Joe Biden. She is set to succeed Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who is due to leave office in January after eight years because of term limits.
Al Jazeera’s account did not include vote totals or an electoral authority’s declaration of the result.
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