United States: Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes the first Black woman elected governor

According to provisional results, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s gubernatorial election with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Republican Rick Jackson, who received 45.7% and conceded. The former Atlanta mayor and White House adviser under Joe Biden will succeed Brian Kemp, becoming the first woman and the first Black person elected governor of Georgia. Her victory returns Democrats to the state’s governorship for the first time since 1998. Her campaign backed expanding Medicaid, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour and improving access to health care, though Republicans retain significant influence in the state legislature.