Meet Keisha Lance Bottoms, first black woman elected Governor of US State

Vanguard News | 04-11-2026 09:12am |

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has made history after winning Georgia’s gubernatorial election, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a US state. Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, defeated Republican businessman Rick Jackson in Tuesday’s election, according to projections by US media, securing a landmark victory for Democrats in one of the country’s most closely contested political battlegrounds. The ...

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