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November 4, 2026

ABC News reports that before the end of the cycle, Jackson had spent more than $200 million of his personal fortune on his campaign.

NBC News reports that Democrats clinch a majority of governorships for first time in 16 years. The wins delivered a majority of governorships to Democrats for the first time in two decades, allowing them to put up a stronger defense against Trump's second-term agenda, AP News reports. All eyes were on the results November 3 night in the high-stakes election, in which House and Senate races will determine the balance of power in Congress, ABC News reports.

ABC News reports that before the end of the cycle, Jackson had spent more than $200 million of his personal fortune on his campaign. Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, and onetime White House adviser to former President Joe Biden, overcame GOP attacks on her management of the city during the COVID-19 pandemic to defeat Rick Jackson, a billionaire who plunged more than $200 million of his own money into the race, AP News reports. In battleground Wisconsin, Democrat David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, will win and become the state's first Black governor, ABC News projects, ABC News reports. Democrat David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, won the open governor's job in Wisconsin, and Michigan's secretary of state, Jocelyn Benson, won her state's open governor's office, AP News reports. Georgia hasn't elected a Democrat for governor since 1998, ABC News reports.

NBC News reports that Democrats clinch a majority of governorships for first time in 16 years. The wins delivered a majority of governorships to Democrats for the first time in two decades, allowing them to put up a stronger defense against Trump's second-term agenda, AP News reports. All eyes were on the results November 3 night in the high-stakes election, in which House and Senate races will determine the balance of power in Congress, ABC News reports. ABC News reports that the projected win for Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, flips the Georgia governor's mansion blue in a state that President Donald Trump won in 2024. The number of states in play was surprisingly large — a reflection of Trump's poor approval ratings dragging on his party, with Democrats rolling up victories in presidential battleground states, heavily populated states and states that Trump won easily in 2024, AP News and AP report. In 2027, Democrats will hold at least 27 governorships. AP News and AP report that like Georgia, Alaska hadn't elected a Democratic governor since 1998. AP News and AP report that Control of the executive branch was on the line in the six swing states from the 2024 presidential election, and Democrats were making a bid to control all six: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Wall St set for higher open as Democrats win Congress; data center stocks slide, Reuters reports. She had also zeroed in on protecting access to the polls and safeguards for minority representation after the Supreme Court’s decision this year that weakened much of what remains of the Voting Rights Act, one of the principal achievements of the civil rights movement that had been grounded in Atlanta, The New York Times and NYT report. The issue had already been a potent one among many Black voters in Georgia after Republicans responded to the gains made by Democrats in recent elections by adding restrictions on voting access, The New York Times reports. The 2026 midterm elections made history for several candidates, as voters are projected to have elected the country's first Black, Native American and Latina female governors and more major firsts, ABC News reports. ABC News reports that in 2018, Abrams lost to Kemp by a 1.4-point margin.

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ABC News reports that the projected win for Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, flips the Georgia governor's mansion blue in a state that President Donald Trump won in 2024. The number of states in play was surprisingly large — a reflection of Trump's poor approval ratings dragging on his party, with Democrats rolling up victories in presidential battleground states, heavily populated states and states that Trump won easily in 2024, AP News and AP report.

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