Georgia Gov.-elect Bottoms reflects on historic victory and the path forward for Democrats
Topics: Georgia Politics
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- PBS NewsHour reports: “Georgia voters made history this week, electing Keisha Lance Bottoms as the state's first Democratic senator in more than two decades and the first-ever Black woman governor in the country. The for…”
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