ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson are running to be Georgia’s next governor in a race that could reshape control of a crucial battleground state and even make some history along the way.
Bottoms, 56, could become the first Black woman elected governor in the country. She’s also a former Atlanta mayor asking for a promotion in a state whose voters have long been reluctant to hand more political power to Georgia’s largest city.
Jackson, 72, is a healthcare magnate and investor who has largely self-funded his campaign. He won the Republican nomination by comparing himself, as a first-time candidate, to his fellow billionaire in the White House. But he’s been less effusive about President Donald Trump — despite attending rallies with him — during the general election as voters remain frustrated about the Iran war and an inflationary economy…