Georgia Chooses First Black Woman Governor, a Historic Shift
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms wins the 2026 gubernatorial race, appoints media mogul Tyler Perry to her 'Georgia's Promise' transition team.
Keisha Lance Bottoms won the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election on Tuesday night, becoming the first Black woman governor of any U.S. state and Georgia's first Black governor.
She brings experience from serving as mayor of Atlanta and a member of the Atlanta City Council.
Bottoms named media mogul and director Tyler Perry to her transition team, which she dubbed "Georgia's Promise".
At an Atlanta press conference she outlined plans for the governor's mansion and the transition team, describing Perry as "whom she named a…".
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Variety
Tyler Perry Joins Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Georgia Transition Team Despite Director’s Sexual Assault Lawsuits
On Tuesday night, Keisha Lance Bottoms won the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election, making history as the first Black woman to be elected governor of any U.S. state and Georgia’s first Black governor. One of the first moves made by Bottoms, who’d previously served as the mayor of Atlanta, a member of Atlanta City Council and […]
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Bottoms taps Tyler Perry for her Georgia transition team
Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) has tapped media mogul Tyler Perry to join her gubernatorial transition team, she announced Friday. In an Atlanta press conference, Bottoms outlined her plans for the governor’s mansion — including who would lead her transition team, which she dubbed “Georgia’s Promise.” The governor-elect described Perry, whom she named a…
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Keisha Lance Bottoms won the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election on Tuesday night, according to Variety.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected the first Black woman governor of any U.S. state and Georgia's first Black governor, according to Variety.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms is the governor-elect of Georgia and a Democrat.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms previously served as mayor of Atlanta and as a member of the Atlanta City Council, according to Variety.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms named Tyler Perry to her gubernatorial transition team, she announced Friday.
- Tyler Perry is a media mogul and director.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms dubbed her transition team "Georgia's Promise."
- Keisha Lance Bottoms held an Atlanta press conference to outline her plans for the governor's mansion and her transition team.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms described Tyler Perry, whom she named to the transition team, according to The Hill's incomplete quote: "whom she named a…"
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