How Keisha Lance Bottoms found out she was elected Georgia's governor
Summary
Keisha Lance Bottoms said she learned that she had won Georgia’s 2026 governor’s race when her husband got her attention and told her the race had been called. She said her first priorities as governor will include addressing living costs, expanding Medicaid, and funding pre-K and education.Key Facts
- CBS News projected Bottoms as the winner of Georgia’s governor’s race on election night.
- With 99% of votes counted Wednesday morning, Bottoms led Republican candidate Rick Jackson by about 360,000 votes.
- Bottoms is set to become the first Black woman and the first woman to serve as Georgia’s governor.
- Bottoms previously served as mayor of Atlanta.
- Bottoms said she wants to let local governments suspend or end grocery taxes.
- She also named expanding Medicaid and fully funding pre-K and education as priorities for her first budget.
- Bottoms will take office in January, succeeding Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who has held the office since 2019.
- Bottoms said she expects to join a record-high group of 17 women serving as governors nationwide.
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