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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms flips Georgia governorship, defeating Republican Rick Jackson
Read this in the Market Flux appKeisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta and Biden White House adviser, has won the Georgia governor's race, defeating Republican Rick Jackson and flipping the office from Republican to Democratic control. NBC News, CNN, and Decision Desk HQ all projected her victory on November 4, 2026. Bottoms becomes the first woman and the first Black person elected governor of Georgia.
Bottoms defeated Jackson, a billionaire businessman, in a contest to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. She won with approximately 55.8 percent of the vote to Jackson's 44.2 percent, with more than 3.2 million total votes counted. Bottoms ran on affordability and economic issues, while also tying Jackson to President Donald Trump, who carried low approval ratings in the state. Jackson had aligned himself closely with Trump throughout a contentious Republican primary, which Bottoms used against him in campaign advertising.
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- FinancialjuiceDemocrat Lance Bottoms beats Republican Jackson in Georgia governor race - NBC
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- FaststocknewssDEMOCRAT KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS PROJECTED TO WIN GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S RACE Bottoms defeats Republican Rick Jackson in the race for the Republican-held governor's seat, according to projections from NBC, Decision Desk HQ and CNN.
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