Stacey Abrams on Georgia midterm election results and Democratic victories: NPR
Stacey Abrams speaks on stage during the Clinton Global Initiative 2026 Annual Meeting at the New York Hilton Midtown on September 22, 2026, in New York City.
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Georgia Democrats score major victories in key state and local areas during the mid-term elections, notably Stockings Keisha Lance making history as the first Black woman elected governor and the first Democrat in over 20 years to hold the office. Incumbent Sen. Jon Osoff also defended his seat, defeating Republican Mike Collins.
Stacey Abrams, who ran for governor of Georgia in 2018 and 2022 and founded Fair Fight Action to fight voter suppression, played a critical role in paving the way for her party’s future success in her home state.
Abrams told NPR’s Michel Martin that now that Georgia has scored Democratic victories for governor, attorney general, secretary of state and the House of Representatives, those victories provide us “with an opportunity to begin to correct and restore the rights that we have seen lost in the South for over 20 years.”
She said the work she has done has not only been about rebuilding the Democratic Party, but also about restoring the people’s trust, which takes time. Every election cycle and in between, it was about continuing that effort, Abrams said.
She added that she is grateful that the work to combat what she describes as voter suppression led to this outcome, because it shows that dialogue and consistency pays off.
Listen to the full interview by clicking the blue button above.
The radio interview was edited by Olivia Hampton. The digital version was published by Green Treye.
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