Black candidates for governor make history with midterm victories
Summary
The article reports that the 2026 midterms produced historic wins for Black gubernatorial candidates: Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia, Byron Donalds in Florida and David Crowley in Wisconsin. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was reelected, while Nevada’s race remained unresolved, with Democrat Aaron Ford leading by more than 70,000 votes.Key Facts
- Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat and former Atlanta mayor, won Georgia’s governor’s race and is set to become the first Black woman elected governor in the United States.
- Bottoms is also set to become Georgia’s first woman governor.
- Republican Byron Donalds won in Florida and is set to become the state’s first Black governor and the first Black Republican elected governor in the country.
- Democrat David Crowley defeated Republican Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s governor’s race.
- Maryland Gov. Wes Moore won reelection to a second term.
- The article says only three Black Americans had previously been elected governor, including Moore; former New York Gov. David Paterson became governor after Eliot Spitzer resigned.
- In Nevada, Democrat Aaron Ford led Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo by more than 70,000 votes, but CBS News still considered the race too close to call.
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