NYT > U.S. News Keisha Lance Bottoms Wins in Georgia to Become First Black Woman Elected U.S. Governor Par : Rick Rojas 4 novembre 2026 à 00:14 Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, is the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state and the first Democrat to win the office in Georgia in decades. © Nicole Craine for The New York TimesKeisha Lance Bottoms wins her bid for governor of Georgia, becoming the first Black woman elected to the position in the country.