You’ve probably heard that Stacey Abrams recently made history by becoming the first woman and the first black woman to win nomination by a major party for governor of Georgia.
But she also is the first black woman to be nominated by a major party in any state as governor.
Since Abrams’ nomination came in Georgia, a reliably Republican state, becoming the nation’s and Georgia’s first black female governor will be an uphill climb.
She will be opposed in the race by either Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle or Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Although the state has had four previous lieutenant governors elected governor, one has not been elected in a generation. And Peach State voters have elected only one former secretary of state as governor, but that was 120 years ago.
However, Cagle would be the first Republican Georgia lieutenant governor to be elected governor.