cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53966671

Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the first Black female governor elected in the country, after she won the Georgia governor's race, according to a race call by the Associated Press.

Bottoms' win marks the first time Georgia has elected a Democratic governor in more than 20 years, breaking the Republican hold on state government in Georgia. But she will likely be working with a Republican majority in at least one chamber of the legislature.

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[–] 48 points 4 days ago

I'm so happy for her.

Texas just got a Hispanic woman governor pushing out Abbott too.

Its a historical night.

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  • [–] 86 points 4 days ago (5 children)

    Wild that we've been a country for 250 years and we've never crossed this particular intersection. Makes you think

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  • [–] 47 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    It's also wild that it's Keisha Lance Bottoms, of all people. As an Atlantan, I didn't like her as a city councilperson or mayor and I can think of several local black women who would've been better, such as Felicia Moore or Stacey Abrams. But in this case, she's still better than the alternative.

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  • [–] 41 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    I voted for her. Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm pleasantly surprised. She was honestly a weak candidate because of how so many view the way she ran Atlanta. I'm ecstatic that she won, and it is a huge statement; not because of her identity but because of the fact that I drive by multiple permanent Trump signs every single day. Outside of the cities here, the MAGA runs deep.

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  • Stacy Abrams fought a very hard battle a few years ago and was instrumental in helping getting disenfranchised voters registered.

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  • [–] 31 points 4 days ago* (3 children)

    They're awfully quiet right now...

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  • [+] -10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    nope. still time for the dems to make this mean exactly nothing. you guys are just mostly celebrating (loudly; no objection, it is your night) in positive ways rather than being the kind of obnoxious shit that made me swear off voting, and it would be a tiny mushroom dicked move to shit on your parade when you're not doing that.

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  • These kind of news are horrible for the pedosphere. For them it's already bad enough that they lost, but doing so to a black woman? I mean, not just a black person, not just a woman... A black woman! That's something unbearable. I'm worried about the amount of people who will get a rage-induced aneurysm because of these news.

    Now, for the sad news of today, it still is NOT Friday.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago

    What a wonderful thing to wake up to! Today is going to be a happy day for so many reasons.

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    Thankyou GA. You've been fighting the hardest since the Civil Rights Movement. Bless you and may your state prosper!

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago

    This is great! I thought it would be Stacey Abrams from the headline. I liked her from what I saw in previous election years and all the work she does.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 days ago

    That is simply huge. A few weeks ago people were talking about it being a split ticket election. Democratic Senator but Republican governor. Wow.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago

    Wait, really? I would have sworn we'd have had one in one of the states by now.

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