Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms launches her transition team

Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms will launch her transition team and initiatives at the Georgia State Capitol on Friday.

Bottoms will share her vision and what her administration will focus on the first day in office. You can watch the news conference wherever you stream WSB-TV or on our YouTube page.

Bottoms defeated Republican nominee Rick Jackson to become Georgia’s 84th governor. She makes her own history as the state’s first woman governor and the first Black woman to hold the position in U.S. history.

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In her victory speech Tuesday evening, Bottoms promised that no matter who you voted for, she would be on your side.

“No matter who you voted for tonight, I will be a governor for all of Georgia,” Bottoms said. “In big and small ways, you’ve shown that no amount of money will ever, never ever, ever overcome the power of the people.”

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