US elects its first Black woman governor
The US has elected its first Black woman governor after Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s gubernatorial election. She also became Georgia’s first Black governor after defeating billionaire Republican Rick Jackson. Al Jazeera’s Matthew Torres reports from Atlanta.
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has made history after winning Georgia’s gubernatorial election, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a US state. Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, defeated Republican businessman Rick Jackson in Tuesday’s election, according to projections by US media, securing a landmark victory for Democrats in one of the country’s most closely contested political battlegrounds.
Bottoms, who formerly advised former US President Joe Biden, beat Republican Rick Jackson.
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