JUST IN: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms FLIPS Georgia Governor’s Seat Blue

Decision Desk HQ projects Keisha Lance Bottoms wins the GA Governor General Election#DecisionMade: 9:13 PM EST

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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has won Georgia’s race for governor, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Rick Jackson and flipping control of the battleground state office for the first time in 24 years.

Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta and a former Biden administration official, overcame an enormous spending disadvantage against Jackson, a wealthy healthcare executive who pumped more than $100 million of his own money into his campaign.

Bottoms is the first woman and the first Black person to be elected governor of Georgia. She is also the first female Black governor in the country’s history.

Like many Democrats across the country, Bottoms leaned heavily into a message focusing on affordability and economic issues. Down the late fall stretch, she also ran ads that hit Jackson over previous comments supporting the construction of data centers and linked Jackson to President Donald Trump, who faced low approval ratings in the state.

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JUST IN: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms WINS the Georgia governor's race, DEFEATING Republican Rick Jackson, per NBC

For whatever reason, Georgia has decided to PROMOTE the woman who ran Atlanta into the ground.

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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 4, 2026

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