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Billionaire Rick Jackson was favored to win until ex-Atlanta mayor campaigned with Barack Obama and Jon Ossoff US midterm elections – live updates Track live results from all 50 states Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor and De
Keisha Lance Bottoms' win marks the first time Georgia has elected a Democratic governor in more than 20 years. (Image credit: Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
Megan Varner/ReutersKeisha Lance Bottoms made history on Tuesday as the first Black woman ever elected governor in the United States. The former Atlanta mayor won her Georgia race against Trump-backed Republican billionaire Rick Jackson.
NBC News projects that Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will serve as the next governor of Georgia. She will be the state's first Black governor and the first Black female governor in the United States.
