Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms makes US history as first Black woman to be elected state governor
Summary
Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s race for governor, according to the article, and is set to become the first Black woman to hold a U.S. state governorship. The former Atlanta mayor campaigned on affordability, Medicaid expansion and easing state abortion restrictions.Key Facts
- Bottoms is a Democrat from Atlanta and is 56 years old.
- She served on the Atlanta City Council, then as Atlanta’s mayor.
- Before entering politics, she worked as an attorney and a magistrate judge in Fulton County.
- Bottoms served in the Biden administration as a senior adviser and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement until 2023.
- She won the Democratic primary after U.S. Representative Lucy McBath declined to run.
- Republican candidate Rick Jackson spent more than $100 million of his personal fortune on his campaign, the article says.
- Bottoms pledged to support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act and roll back state restrictions on abortion access.
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