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Black candidates projected to win governor races in Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin
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ABC News, CBS News and NBC News report that Keisha Lance Bottoms, Byron Donalds and David Crowley were projected or won governor races in Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin in Tuesday's midterm elections. CBS News reports that Democrat Aaron Ford led Nevada's governor race by more than 70,000 votes. CBS News and NBC News say Democrat Wes Moore was reelected governor of Maryland, where he became the state's first Black governor in 2022. NBC News says that, if the results hold, multiple elected Black governors would serve at the same time for the first time in U.S. history, and that more could be elected this year. The outlets describe the results as a historic first for Black governors.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, was projected or reported to have won the Georgia governor's race.
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- ABC News, CBS News, NBC News
Byron Donalds, a Republican, was projected or reported to have won the Florida governor's race.
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- ABC News, CBS News, NBC News
David Crowley, a Democrat, was projected or reported to have won the Wisconsin governor's race.
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- ABC News, CBS News
Wes Moore, a Democrat, was reelected governor of Maryland.
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- CBS News, NBC News
Aaron Ford, a Democrat, was leading the Nevada governor's race by more than 70,000 votes, according to CBS News.
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If the results hold, multiple elected Black governors would serve at the same time for the first time in U.S. history.
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All three outlets report Black candidates projected or elected as governors in Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin, and their headlines lead with the historic first rather than the individual races.
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All three outlets lead with the historic first for Black governors rather than the individual races, and their headlines frame the results as milestones.
Black candidates for governor make history with midterm victories
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From the left
3 outletsLeads with
- historic firsts for Black governors
- Black candidates' midterm victories
- record midterm races
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- ABC NewsLeft
WATCH: Candidates make midterms history
Keisha Lance Bottoms, David Crowley and Byron Donalds are projected to become the first Black governors elected in Georgia, Wisconsin and Florida.
- CBS NewsLeft
Black candidates for governor make history with midterm victories
Americans elected the country's first Black woman, and three other Black candidates, into gubernatorial roles during Tuesday's record midterm races.
- NBC NewsLeft
Tuesday’s elections bring historic first for Black governors
For the first time in U.S. history, multiple elected Black governors will serve at the same time — and it remains possible that voters will elect more this year than the three who have already won so far.
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- CBS NewsLeftNov 4, 1:38 PM EST
- ABC NewsLeftNov 4, 3:41 PM EST
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