WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER· STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

Georgia elects America’s first Black woman governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms gestures with both hands while speaking during a seated panel discussion.
John Zich / University of Chicago Institute of Politics / CC BY 4.0

Keisha Lance Bottoms has won Georgia’s governor race, becoming the first Black woman elected to lead a US state and ending more than two decades of Republican control of the office.

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