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Keisha Lance Bottoms, in a bright pink suit, embraces her daughter Lincoln as supporters applaud behind them at an election night gathering. Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks at a podium before a Georgia state seal and star-patterned backdrop. Keisha Lance Bottoms and Senator Raphael Warnock smile together onstage as supporters photograph them with raised phones.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms, in a bright pink suit, embraces her daughter Lincoln as supporters applaud behind them at an election night gathering.
Governor and mom Lincoln Bottoms, the daughter of Georgia Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, hugs her mother during an election night celebration. Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor of any state in U.S. history.

Keisha Lance Bottoms

She traces her family roots back to slavery; she was elected the country’s first Black woman governor.
Also known as: KLB, Keisha Lance
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By the time Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected governor of Georgia on November 3, 2026—becoming the first Black woman elected to govern a state in American history—she had lived through a childhood marked by fame and heartbreak, enjoyed great political success being elected mayor of Atlanta, and subsequently endured bruising questions about her leadership. So on a night when she broke barriers and achieved what many had thought impossible, she remembered her enslaved ancestors and...

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