Keisha Lance Bottoms is a Democratic politician from Atlanta who was elected governor of Georgia on November 3, 2026. Her victory made her the first Black woman elected to govern a state in American history. Before her campaign for governor, she served on the Atlanta City Council and was elected mayor of Atlanta in 2017. She had also worked as a prosecutor and a magistrate judge.
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