How Keisha Lance Bottoms found out she was elected Georgia's governor
Topics: 2026 Midterm ElectionsGeorgia Politics
4 outlets (CBS News, NBC News, Fox News and NPR) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 4 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “governor”, “Black”, “election”, “history”. Distinct wording: CBS News uses “Georgia's” and “elected”; NBC News uses “elections” and “governors”; Fox News uses “senator” and “midterm”; NPR uses “candidates”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- CBS News reports: “Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the first Black woman to serve as governor in any state in the country.”
- NBC News reports: “Wins by Byron Donalds in Florida, Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia and Wes Moore in Maryland mean multiple Black governors will serve simultaneously for the first time.”
- Fox News reports: “The 2026 midterms resulted in multiple historic firsts, with Donalds set to become Florida's first Black governor, El-Sayed set to be the first Muslim U.S. senator, and more.”
Read the full coverage
- CBS News: How Keisha Lance Bottoms found out she was elected Georgia's governor
- NBC News: Tuesday’s elections bring historic first for Black governors
- Fox News: First Muslim senator, first Black female governor: 2026 midterm election results make history
- NPR: These 10 candidates for governor made history in the 2026 election
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