Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has made history after winning Georgia’s gubernatorial election, becoming the first Black woman elected governor in the United States.
The former Atlanta mayor defeated Republican businessman Rick Jackson on Tuesday, flipping the governorship of the politically competitive state to the Democrats, AP News reports.
Her victory came despite a huge financial gap between the two campaigns.
Her emergence also marks the first time a Democrat has won Georgia’s governorship since 1998.
During the campaign, Bottoms focused largely on her plans to address economic challenges and oppose the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration, rather than making the historic significance of her candidacy the centre of her campaign.
At her victory celebration in Atlanta, where supporters welcomed her with chants of “Keisha! Keisha!”, Bottoms described her election as a victory for residents across the state, including teachers, farmers and business owners.
“No matter who you voted for
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