NYT > U.S. News Southern Democrats Now Have a Chance to Lead. What Will They Do With It? Par : Rick Rojas and Eduardo Medina 6 novembre 2026 à 16:57 Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a vision for governing in the South. © Nicole Craine for The New York TimesKeisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, is the first Democrat to be elected governor of Georgia in decades.