Keisha Lance Bottoms become America’s first Black Female Governor

Source: Journal du Cameroun (EN) · Louisa KINYUY ·

Keisha Lance Bottoms become America’s first Black Female Governor

© Axios Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has made history by winning the Georgia gubernatorial election, becoming the state’s first female governor and the very first Black woman to serve as a governor in United States history. Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, secured a decisive victory over her Republican…

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