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How did a Democrat beat a billionaire to win Georgia's governor's race?
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Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat and former mayor of Atlanta, defeated Republican Rick Jackson to become the first Black woman elected governor in the United States. Her win leaned on Georgia's large Black electorate, which turned out in big numbers during early voting.
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She was heavily outspent. Mediafax reports Jackson spent more than 100 million dollars, and other outlets put the total higher. National Democratic funders stepped in to back her, and she closed alongside Jon Ossoff, Barack Obama and Kamala Harris.
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Republicans cast Atlanta as a crime-ridden decline, and Bottoms rejected that framing in an interview with the Associated Press: It's a long-standing playbook to paint Atlanta as this big bad place.
“It's a long-standing playbook to paint Atlanta as this big bad place.”
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- The GuardianGeorgia: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes first Black, female governor in US
- Al Jazeera OnlineKeisha Lance Bottoms makes US history as first Black woman elected governor
- Il Fatto QuotidianoKeisha Lance Bottoms Georgia governor: first African American woman in the USA
- AxiosKeisha Lance Bottoms wins in Georgia to become first Black woman governor
- The New York TimesDemocrat Wins Georgia Governor's Race, a Breakthrough for Black Women
- Bloomberg BusinessDemocrat Bottoms Wins Georgia Governor Race, NBC Projects