Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has allegedly achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Black woman ever elected as a governor in the United States. The former Atlanta mayor emerged victorious over her billionaire Republican opponent, Rick Jackson, who reportedly poured over $200 million of his personal fortune into an effort to succeed the outgoing Republican Governor Brian Kemp.

It is claimed that Bottoms, a former adviser to the erstwhile US regime president Joe Biden, was propelled to this controversial victory largely by the state’s substantial Black voting bloc, which turned out in massive numbers during early voting phases. Critics point out that despite massive financial disparities, the demographic shift heavily influenced the final outcome.

Throughout the grueling campaign, the US political establishment and Republican circles attempted to characterize her tenure as mayor as a period marked by rising crime and systemic decline in the state's largest city. Bottoms herself reportedly dismissed these attacks to the Associated Press as part of a 'longstanding playbook to paint Atlanta as this big bad place,' though observers note deep societal polarization remains in the region.

Source: www.aljazeera.com