Georgia Democrats selected the first black woman to be a major party nominee for governor in the US on Tuesday, choosing
Stacey Abrams who will test just how much the state’s traditionally conservative politics are shifting.
Abrams also became Georgia’s first black nominee for governor, a prize that has eluded earlier generations of African-American candidates in the state. The general election is sure to draw intense national attention as Georgia voters determine whether a black woman can win in the Deep South, a region that has not had an African-American governor since Reconstruction.
In a Facebook post,
Abrams cast herself as a candidate representing “Georgia of tomorrow.” Abrams’s victory came on the 2018 primary night to see Democratic women finding success, as Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas also went to polls.