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Keisha Lance Bottoms made history by becoming the first Black woman ever elected governor of a US state and the first woman to serve as governor of Georgia. She won the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election as a Democratic Party candidate, securing 55.4% of the votes against Republican candidate Rick Jackson, who received 44.6%. Before her election as governor, Bottoms served as the mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022. She also worked as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden and directed the White House Office of Public Engagement. Her victory returned Georgia's governorship to Democratic control after more than two decades.