Southern Democrats Now Have a Chance to Lead. What Will They Do With It?

Scritto il 06/11/2026
da Rick Rojas and Eduardo Medina

Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a vision for governing in the South.Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, is the first Democrat to be elected governor of Georgia in decades.