Stacey Abrams Could Be First Black Guv Of Georgia!

Stacey Abrams will be the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia.

The Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia is a power player. Now the challenge is for her to win a seat in the Deep South, a Republican stronghold.

She is the first Black woman in modern history to be a gubernatorial candidate for a state.

You did it.#TeamAbrams just won our primary election, and this victory belongs to you.https://t.co/0FZeKR2Ea8 #GAGov #gapol pic.twitter.com/NbHvXwWAhk

— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) May 23, 2018

Onward with @StaceyAbrams! 🙌🏾

Let’s make history together, Georgia ➔  https://t.co/K7b5xflYS1 #TeamAbrams #gapol pic.twitter.com/gEeJ1fIDGr

— Team Abrams - Vote Abrams TODAY! (@teamabrams) May 23, 2018

Thank you to all of the volunteers and supporters in Athens, Macon, Marietta, Cobb and across our great state who are helping us get out the vote before 7 PM! Together, with your help and with your votes, we will move Georgia forward. #TeamAbrams #gapol pic.twitter.com/XIvR31CDMu

— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) May 22, 2018

According to Wikipedia, Abrams is a former state lawmaker, a tax attorney, and novelist.

Stacey Abrams won the Democratic primary in Georgia. She will be facing the Republican nominee in the general election. There will be a runoff election for the Republican nominee.

Casey Cagle, the state's second banana and state secretary of state Brian Kemp will face off in the June runoff election for the Republican nomination.

Abrams, the former minority leader and state lawmaker will now have to push hard for this. Georgia often picks Republicans and it has been a challenge for the party. The last time this state voted for a Democrat was in 1992 when Bill Clinton was the presidential nominee.

Abrams became the first woman to lead either party in the Georgia General Assembly and the first African-American to lead in the House of Representatives.

Abrams worked as a tax attorney at the Sutherland Asbill & Brennan law firm in Atlanta, with a focus on tax-exempt organizations, health care and public finance. She was appointed the Deputy City Attorney for Atlanta at age 29.

Abrams co-founded and served as the senior vice president of NOW Corp. (formerly NOWaccount Network Corporation), a financial services firm.She co-founded Nourish, Inc., a beverage company with a focus on infants and toddlers, and is CEO of Sage Works, a legal consulting firm, that has represented clients including the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA.

Abrams has published articles on issues of public policy, taxation, and nonprofit organizations.

Under the pen name Selena Montgomery, Abrams is the award-winning author of several romantic suspense novels. According to Abrams, she has sold more than 100,000 copies of her novels.

Selena Montgomery was the winner of both the Reviewer’s Choice Award and the Reader’s Favorite Award from Romance In Color for Best New Author, and was featured as a Rising Star.

Abrams is also the author of Minority Leader, a book of leadership advice to be published by Henry Holt & Co. in April 2018.

Hopefully we make history. Stacey Abrams could be the first African American woman to become governor of Georgia. A state that could become a bellwether in a general election.