“Over a Decade of Organizing”: Keisha Lance Bottoms Elected First Black Woman Governor in U.S. History
Democracy Now! interviews Emory professor Carol Anderson on Keisha Lance Bottoms's election as Georgia governor, the first Black woman ever elected governor in the United States, after defeating Republican Rick Jackson, who spent more than $200 million of his own fortune. Anderson credits over a decade of organizing, including Stacey Abrams's earlier groundwork, and massive Black turnout despite voter suppression efforts, and points to other 2026 results: three Black women winning statewide in Georgia, Jon Ossoff's reelection, Dr. Annie Andrews flipping a South Carolina Senate seat, and a Mississippi Senate race still too close to call.
