10 governor candidates made history in the 2026 election
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Voters elected the nation's first Black woman governor (Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia), the nation's first Native American woman governor (Deb Haaland in New Mexico), the first elected Latino governor of California (Xavier Becerra), and the first Latina governor of Texas (Gina Hinojosa), among other historic firsts across ten states.
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