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Georgia governor's mansion projected to flip blue for first time in nearly 30 years

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Fox News · collected 2026-11-04 · by Morgan Phillips

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Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat and former Atlanta mayor, is projected to win Georgia’s gubernatorial race against Republican Rick Jackson, marking the first time since 1998 that Democrats will hold the governor's office in the state. This victory makes Bottoms the first female and Black woman elected as governor in American history. The race was closely watched due to Georgia’s shift from a traditionally Republican stronghold to a competitive swing state; Bottoms campaigned on issues like Medicaid expansion and raising the minimum wage, while Jackson focused on reducing taxes and presenting himself as an outsider businessman.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, won the Georgia gubernatorial election on November 3, 2026, becoming the first Black woman to be elected governor in U.S. history. She defeated Rick Jackson, a billionaire businessman who had spent over $100 million of his personal fortune on the campaign. Bottoms campaigned on expanding Medicaid and raising the state's minimum wage, while Jackson focused on phasing out Georgia’s income tax and presented himself as an outsider with business acumen.

Bottoms' victory is significant not only for its historic nature but also because it flips the governor's mansion from red to blue in a traditionally swing state. Her win marks a major political upset for Republicans and reshapes control of one of the nation's most crucial battleground states ahead of future elections.

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Bottoms campaigned on expanding Medicaid, raising the state's minimum wage and increasing pay for public employees, while Jackson called for phasing out Georgia's income tax and pitched himself as a political outsider who would bring a businessman's approach to state government.
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🔮 Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is projected to win Georgia's gubernatorial race against Republican businessman Rick Jackson — flipping the governor's mansion blue for the first time in more than two decades.

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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is projected to win Georgia's gubernatorial race against Republican businessman Rick Jackson — flipping the governor's mansion blue for the first time in more than two decades. asserted
Bottoms → project → decades
Fox News Decision Des projects the former Atlanta mayor will become the Peach State's first female governor and the first Black woman elected governor in American history. asserted
mayor → project → history
The victory marks a major breakthrough for Democrats in one of the nation's most closely contested swing states. asserted
victory → mark → states
Georgia voters had not elected a Democratic governor since Roy Barnes won the 1998 election and took office in 1999, with Republicans capturing the governor's mansion in 2002 and holding it ever since. asserted
Republicans → elect → it
Fellow Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff also won his race for reelection, Fox News Decision Desk projects. asserted
Desk → win → reelection
Bottoms, who served as Atlanta's mayor from 2018 to 2022, later joined former President Joe Biden's White House as a senior advisor and director of the Office of Public Engagement. asserted
who → serve → Engagement
She emerged from the Democratic primary to face Jackson in the open-seat race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. asserted
She → emerge → Kemp
Jackson, a wealthy healthcare executive and first-time candidate, poured more than $200 million of his personal fortune into his campaign. asserted
Jackson → pour → campaign
He defeated Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the Republican primary runoff , setting up the general election against Bottoms. asserted
He → defeat → Bottoms
The race drew national attention in a state that has shifted from a longtime Republican stronghold into a presidential battleground. asserted
that → draw → battleground
Biden narrowly carried Georgia in 2020, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1992, before President Donald Trump returned it to the Republican column in 2024. asserted
Trump → carry → 2024
Bottoms campaigned on expanding Medicaid, raising the state's minimum wage and increasing pay for public employees, while Jackson called for phasing out Georgia's income tax and pitched himself as a political outsider who would bring a businessman's approach to state government. asserted
who → campaign → government
Jackson repeatedly targeted Bottoms' record as Atlanta mayor, while Bottoms attacked the Republican's massive self-funding and sought to tie him to Trump. asserted
Bottoms → target → Trump
Bottoms' victory ends a Republican run in the governor's office that began with Sonny Perdue's election in 2002 and continued through the administrations of Nathan Deal and Kemp. asserted
that → end → Deal
Fox News' Charles Creitz contributed to this report. asserted
Creitz → contribute → report
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