Wes Moore: Keisha Lance Bottoms Win Means I Will No Longer Be the Only Black Governor in America

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MOORE: "I -- I mean, I was so excited for her, for Georgia, but also for this country and what it means. And -- and I am very clear that, you know, the thing -- one of the things that I so admire about Keisha, who’s been a friend for a while, is that making history is not the assignment for her, but I do understand there is a power in the fact that we have a Keisha Lance Bottoms who is now about to be the governor of Georgia. And I think about it this way, in context, and part of the reason why I worked so hard and campaigned on behalf of Keisha, campaigned on behalf of David Crowley, campaigned on behalf of Aaron Ford, is, you know, when I, as of right now, the only black governor in this country, I also wanted to make sure that no one ever has to hold that title ever again. And you think about it, for a 250-year history of this country, we’ve had three African Americans elected governor in 250 years. Come January, 10 percent of this country, 10 percent of the governors in this country will be black. That’s one election cycle. And so this is a pretty remarkable time and -- and so I’m really proud of my colleagues."