Keisha Lance Bottoms Elected as Georgia's First Black Female Governor

• Keisha Lance Bottoms won the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election, making history as the first Black woman governor in U.S. history.
• Bottoms, previously the mayor of Atlanta, defeated Republican Rick Jackson by nearly nine points.
• Tyler Perry joined Bottoms' transition team despite facing sexual assault lawsuits.
• Bottoms' victory is part of a broader trend where eight Black women won statewide positions in Georgia.
• Bottoms will be the first Democratic governor in Georgia in over two decades.