Georgia Governor-elect Bottoms Says on November 8 That Georgia Is Now a Blue State
Georgia Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms said on November 8 on ABC's "This Week" that Georgia, a state dominated by Republicans for decades, is now "safe to say" a blue state. She said that throughout her campaign she pledged to show Georgia and the nation that sending two Democratic senators to Washington and flipping Georgia blue in 2020 was not a fluke, and that Tuesday's results proved it in a big way.
Bottoms' victory makes history in several ways: she will become Georgia's first female governor and first Black governor, and the first Black woman elected governor in United States history. The last time Georgia elected a Democratic governor was Roy Barnes in 1999.
Democrats running alongside Bottoms are projected to win every statewide office on this year's ballot, including lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state, and Democrats will also retake the state House. Bottoms succeeds term-limited Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who clashed repeatedly with the Trump administration during his tenure.
Bottoms takes office in January, becoming Georgia's first Democratic governor in 27 years.
Source: ABC News
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