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US Elects First Black Woman Governor

The United States has elected its first Black woman governor, with Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms winning Georgia’s gubernatorial race.

Report says her victory also gives Democrats a win in one of the country’s most closely contested political battlegrounds.

Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor and senior adviser to ex-President Joe Biden, defeated Republican businessman Rick Jackson.

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The victories marked a milestone for Black women in US politics, with Bottoms and Stacey Plaskett becoming the first Black women elected governors of Georgia and the US Virgin Islands.

Bottoms’ victory marks a shift in Georgia politics, where Black voters have helped turn the traditionally Republican state into a key electoral battleground.

 

Reuters

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