Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes first Black woman elected US governor in Georgia

Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms defeats Republican Rick Jackson to become the first Black woman elected governor in the United States.

13 publishers · 18 articles · first seen 2 Nov 2026 · updated 10h ago

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How the odds moved · Bottoms, 5+ pts

Each tick is a source publishing on this story · 1 more published before price tracking began

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Time	Chance of yes
now	100%
7 Nov, 05:37 UTC	100%
5 Nov, 06:19 UTC	99%
5 Nov, 03:30 UTC	99%
5 Nov, 01:28 UTC	99%
4 Nov, 18:57 UTC	100%
4 Nov, 17:34 UTC	100%
4 Nov, 17:05 UTC	99%
4 Nov, 16:13 UTC	99%
4 Nov, 14:16 UTC	100%
4 Nov, 13:02 UTC	99%
4 Nov, 11:05 UTC	99%
4 Nov, 10:21 UTC	99%
4 Nov, 05:31 UTC	99%
4 Nov, 04:25 UTC	80%
4 Nov, 03:26 UTC	92%
4 Nov, 02:12 UTC	67%
4 Nov, 00:58 UTC	38%
3 Nov, 23:46 UTC	26%
3 Nov, 21:26 UTC	27%
2 Nov, 21:13 UTC	29%

The story so far

13 publishers have covered this in 18 articles since 2 Nov 2026. politico.com published first, on 2 November at 16:21 UTC; Fox News Politics followed 33h 58m later. The most recent article, from The Hill, appeared on 6 November at 21:34 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: politico.com (major outlet), Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera (major outlet), The Guardian US (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), CBS News Politics (major outlet), The Hill (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), Fox News Politics, Times of India, Rolling Stone, France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines, Quartz and 1 more, all listed under Sources below.

One prediction market prices this story:

Bottoms, 5+ pts — the market puts it at 100%, with $10 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 3 Nov 2027. The outcome is Yes if the Democratic Party wins the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election by a margin of at least five percentage points. The outcome is No if that party wins by less than five points or loses the race entirely. Readers often mistake the linked headline about Keisha Lance Bottoms for the resolution criteria, but the market depends solely on the final vote margin in the 2026 election.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Bottoms, 5+ pts at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

2 Nov, 16:21politico.com Bill Clinton cuts last-minute ad for Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia—
4 Nov, 02:19Fox News Politics Georgia governor's mansion projected to flip blue for first time in nearly 30 years67%
4 Nov, 02:25Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera Keisha Lance Bottoms makes US history as first Black woman elected governor67%
4 Nov, 02:27The Guardian US Georgia: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes first Black, female governor in US67%
4 Nov, 02:35politico.com Keisha Lance Bottoms makes history — and gives Democrats new hope in the South67%
4 Nov, 02:55Times of India US elections: K Bottoms makes history as first Black woman governor, flips Georgia seat67%
4 Nov, 02:57The Hollywood Reporter Chris Pappas Becomes First Openly Gay Man Elected to Senate67%
4 Nov, 04:30The Guardian US Democrats aim to sweep most US governor elections after wins in key states80%▲13 points since the previous source
4 Nov, 04:56Rolling Stone Keisha Lance Bottoms Makes History as the First Black Woman Elected Governor in the U.S.80%
4 Nov, 05:07Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes Georgia’s first black governor80%
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1. 4 Nov, 07:02France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines 2026 Midterms: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms makes history in Georgia99%▲19 points since the previous source
2. 4 Nov, 07:52Quartz Keisha Lance Bottoms gewann das Gouverneursrennen in Georgia und wurde die erste schwarze Gouverneurin in den USA.99%
3. 4 Nov, 08:19Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera US elects its first Black woman governor99%
4. 4 Nov, 14:35CBS News Politics How Keisha Lance Bottoms found out she was elected Georgia's governor100%▲1 points since the previous source
5. 4 Nov, 18:35The Hill Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp rejects special session to undercut incoming Lance Bottoms100%
6. 4 Nov, 20:58Mother Jones Bottoms Up!100%
7. 6 Nov, 20:13Variety Tyler Perry Joins Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Georgia Transition Team Despite Director’s Sexual Assault Lawsuits99%
8. 6 Nov, 21:34The Hill Bottoms taps Tyler Perry for her Georgia transition team99%
NowCurrent odds100%

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