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From Atlanta Capital B News
Atlanta school teacher Elizabeth Soreng immediately knew the significance of Keisha Lance Bottoms’ landmark win Tuesday night as she shed tears of joy watching the returns. “She is the first,” an emotional Soreng told Capital B Atlanta at the Marriott Marquis election night watch party. “I’m feeling so happy because this is something that every […]The post How Black Women Won in Georgia appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.
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Black women are the only sane American voting demographic
Stacy Abrams deserved to win.
in January, for the first time ever, all of Georgia’s constitutional officers, except for Lieutenant Gov.-elect Josh McLaurin, will be Black women.
Eight women are set to become statewide officers in Georgia, shattering a number of glass ceilings in the process.
For decades, Black women have been the Democratic Party’s most loyal bloc of voters as well as one of the most dedicated groups of volunteers and staffers. Yet prior to Tuesday, the party hasn’t always reciprocated that commitment when Black women are on the ballot for statewide office.
But in January, for the first time ever, all of Georgia’s constitutional officers, except for Lieutenant Gov.-elect Josh McLaurin, will be Black women.
Eight women are set to become statewide officers in Georgia, shattering a number of glass ceilings in the process.
This shit isn’t how black women won Georgia. This is about how Stacy Abrams won Georgia. She lost twice but built the machine to make it happen.
Now if only Andrew Gillim didn’t go on a cocaine and gigalos bender. He could have created the machine to ensure Angela Dixon and others like her could have made it instead of massahs slave, Byron Daniels.
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