# US elects its first Black woman governor

https://mins.news/en/item/128718

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-04 08:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/11/4/us-elects-its-first-black-woman-governor?traffic_source=rss

> Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s gubernatorial election, becoming the first Black woman elected governor in the US and the first Black governor of Georgia. She defeated Republican billionaire Rick Jackson.

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