ATLANTA — Democrats won every statewide race in Georgia during Tuesday’s midterm elections, defeating several Republican incumbents and making history in the governor’s race.
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms defeated Republican businessman Rick Jackson to become the nation’s first Black female governor.
Bottoms was not the only candidate to make history. Democrat Penny Brown Reynolds won Georgia’s secretary of state race, becoming the first Black woman elected to the position.
Democrats also secured victories in the races for lieutenant governor and attorney general. Josh McLaurin was elected lieutenant governor, while Tanya Miller won the attorney general’s race.
None of those three races featured an incumbent seeking reelection.
Meanwhile, Republican incumbents running for other statewide offices were defeated.
Democrat Lydia Powell unseated State School Superintendent Richard Woods, while Katherine Juhan-Arnold defeated Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper.
In the insurance commissioner race, Democrat Keisha Sean Waites defeated Republican incumbent John King.
Democrat Nikki Porcher also won the labor commissioner race, defeating incumbent Barbara Rivera Holmes.
The Democratic victories extended to Georgia’s Public Service Commission, where Peter Hubbard and Sheila Edwards won their respective races.
The statewide results came as Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff secured reelection over Republican Congressman Mike Collins, who said his political career is not over.
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who was not on Tuesday’s ballot, celebrated the election results.
“We were praying for a blue wave and we got a blue tsunami,” Warnock said.
Warnock said voters delivered a message about their priorities, including lowering prices, removing tariffs, improving health care and ending the war.
“Its a clear mandate and now it’s up to Democrats to deliver,” Warnock said.
WSB Radio’s Ashley Simmons & Michelle Wright contributed to this story.








