Democrats achieved a clean sweep in Georgia's statewide elections this November, securing every office from the lieutenant governor to the insurance commissioner. This includes displacing a Republican majority on the electricity rate-setting public service commission.
The incoming statewide office holders will be predominantly Black women, with state representative Carolyn Hugley of Columbus set to become the incoming Speaker of the Georgia House. Democrats are now one state senator short of controlling both chambers of the state legislature.
Black voters were instrumental in these victories, with election figures showing that approximately 90% of voters in Stonecrest, a city with a non-Hispanic Black population above 90%, voted for Democrats. Activists indicate that these voters expect their government to address economic issues in January.