A Historic Day for Democratic Women

Election night was so complete and so historic that we hardly know which set of victories to celebrate first!

On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Keisha Lance Bottoms made history as Georgia's first Black woman governor and the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state. She helped lead an extraordinary Democratic wave across Georgia, bringing an impressive slate of women into statewide office.

And Georgia wasn't alone. Across the country, Democratic women made history. New Mexico elected Deb Haaland, the first Native American woman governor. Texas elected its first Latina governor, Gina Hinojosa. Ohio elected its first woman governor, Amy Acton (take that, Vivek!). Minnesota now has Amy Klobuchar as their first woman governor, and the U.S. Virgin Islands elected Stacey E. Plaskett as governor.

But what a night for women across Georgia!

The Republican men who have held power in Georgia for decades must be looking at this new lineup of Democratic women and wondering what happened. These women now have the opportunity to spend the next four years building a better Georgia.

Here is the remarkable lineup of Georgia's newly elected women leaders:

• Keisha Lance Bottoms – Governor

• Penny Brown Reynolds – Secretary of State

• Tanya Miller – Attorney General

• Katherine E. Juhan-Arnold – Commissioner of Agriculture

• Keisha Sean Waites – Commissioner of Insurance

• Lydia Powell – State School Superintendent

• Nikki Porcher – Commissioner of Labor

• Shelia Edwards – Public Service Commissioner, District 5

  
  

They are joined by a couple of great guys: Democrat Josh McLaurin, our new Lieutenant Governor, and Peter Hubbard, reelected to the Public Service Commission, where Democrats have now secured a majority.

And, of course, Jon Ossoff was reelected to the U.S. Senate.

Democrats won every statewide office on the ballot, and we are poised to take control of the Georgia House of Representatives as well, although a few races remain to be finalized. What an extraordinary turnaround for Georgia!

These victories by Georgia women could bring amazing things to our state. We have new opportunities to pursue long-awaited Medicaid expansion, which could help save our rural hospitals and provide healthcare to thousands of Georgians. We can work toward restoring reproductive rights, protecting voting rights, and making Georgia a state that works for everyone.

In her victory speech, Governor-elect Bottoms offered words that beautifully capture the significance of this moment. Reflecting on finding the grave of her great-great-grandmother, who was born twenty years before emancipation, she said:

"I know I am standing on shoulders made of steel."

Those words remind us that none of these victories happened in isolation. Women have been working, organizing, fighting, and opening doors for generations. Last night, Georgia women walked through those doors and made history.

We look forward to supporting these women as they shatter glass ceilings, lead our state, and continue the fight for equality, fairness, and autonomy in everything we do.

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to take on the Republican establishment in Georgia and around the country. We knew we needed to turn out big numbers, and we did it!

As Keisha Lance Bottoms reminded us last night, "Georgia, this win is for all of us."

Congratulations to all of us. Everywhere.