ATLANTA - Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, won the race for Georgia governor on Tuesday, in what The Guardian reported was an upset for Republicans. The Guardian also said Bottoms will become the first Black, female governor in the United States.
NPR reported that Bottoms’ win marks the “first time Georgia has elected a Democratic governor in more than 20 years.” The outlet’s headline on its report described the result as Georgia electing the nation’s first Black female governor.
According to The Guardian, billionaire Rick Jackson was favored to win the race until the former Atlanta mayor campaigned with Barack Obama and Jon Ossoff. The summary of that report does not state Jackson’s party affiliation.
The Guardian’s story was labeled as part of its live coverage of US midterm elections, which it said tracks results from all 50 states. Neither the NPR nor the Guardian summary available for this report gave vote totals or a margin of victory.
The NPR report was written by Sarah Kallis, and The Guardian’s report by George Chidi in Atlanta. The two accounts agree on the core result, the Democratic win in Georgia, but differ in emphasis: NPR’s centers on the state’s record of electing a Democrat, while The Guardian’s centers on the race’s expectations before the vote. Both are brief summaries, and this report relies only on the titles and summaries available.
Sources: NPR: Georgia elects the nation's first Black female governor; The Guardian: Georgia: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes first Black, female governor in US.