当选州长凯莎·兰斯·波顿斯周日宣布，几十年来由共和党人主导的佐治亚州是“一个蓝色的州”
“我认为我们是一个蓝色的州是安全的，”Bottoms在美国广播公司的“本周”节目中说。
“我在整个竞选过程中说过，我们将向佐治亚州和全国人民展示，将参议员［乔恩］奥索夫和［拉斐尔］沃诺克送进参议院并在20年翻转佐治亚州蓝色不是侥幸，我们正在向所有人真正展示我们是坚定的蓝色，我们在周二以一种非常大的方式展示了这一点，”Bottoms进一步说。
随着她的胜利，Bottoms正在多方面创造历史。她不仅将成为桃州的第一位女州长和第一位黑人州长，她也是美国第一位当选州长的黑人女性。佐治亚州上一次选举民主党州长是1999年的罗伊·巴恩斯州长。
除了Bottoms，民主党人预计将在今年佐治亚州的选举中赢得每个州级职位，包括副州长、司法部长和国务卿的职位。他们也将在22年来首次控制国家议会。
“本周”节目主持人乔纳森·卡尔问博顿斯，民主党如何在未来的选举中让这些选民留在他们的队伍中。
“我非常有意地参观了特朗普携带的地区。我们在特朗普赢得近77%选票的县开始了大选，并在特朗普获胜的另一个县结束了大选。我想澄清的是，我在那里倾听，我在那里倾听全州人民的关切。我不只是为民主党人竞选，也为全州的无党派人士和共和党人竞选。
“最终，我们面临的问题超越了党派界限，”Bottoms补充道。
Bottoms的州长职位紧随共和党州长布莱恩·坎普（Brian Kemp）之后，后者任期有限，在任期内经历了与特朗普政府的各种冲突。Bottoms表示，她准备与政府合作，但也会“站出来，在必要时进行反击和反击。”
“我将与全国各地的领导人，民主党人和共和党人交谈，了解他们如何能够驾驭这个白宫，”Bottoms说。“我是第一届特朗普政府时期的（亚特兰大）市长。我们能够与一些合理的声音沟通。”
Bottoms补充说，特朗普总统周五宣布斯蒂芬·米勒（Stephen Miller）将取代苏西·怀尔斯（Susie Wiles）担任白宫办公厅主任，这使得与政府的沟通变得复杂：“我不知道这些声音是否可以找到，特别是在办公厅主任交接的情况下。”
Bottoms也反思了她历史性胜利的本质。她讲述了在她获胜的那一天，在佐治亚州的克劳福德维尔，她拜访了被奴役的曾曾祖母贝特西·皮克的坟墓。
“这是我一生中最感动的经历之一，”Bottoms说。“我们去了墓地，我们以为那里埋葬着我的一些家人。还有一些没有标记的坟墓。我们偶然发现了一块刻有我们姓氏的墓碑。当我看到是贝琪·皮克的时候，我简直要摔倒在地了。”
＇Safe to say that we are a blue state＇ Georgia Gov．-elect Bottoms says after Democrats sweep state offices
Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms declared Sunday that Georgia， a state dominated by Republicans for decades， is ＂a blue state．＂
＂I think it＇s safe to safe that we are a blue state，＂ Bottoms said on ABC＇s ＂This Week．＂
＂I said throughout the course of this campaign that we would show people across Georgia and across the nation that sending Sens． ［Jon］ Ossoff and ［Raphael］ Warnock to the Senate and flipping Georgia blue in ＇20 was not a fluke， that we were on a path towards truly showing everyone that we were solidly blue， and we showed that in a really big way on Tuesday，＂ Bottoms further said．
With her win， Bottoms is making history in multiple ways． Not only is she set to become the Peach State＇s first female governor and first Black governor， she is also the first Black woman elected governor in the United States． The last time Georgia elected a Democratic governor was Gov． Roy Barnes in 1999．
Along with Bottoms， Democrats areprojectedto win every statewide office on the ballot this year in Georgia， including the positions of lieutenant governor， attorney general and secretary of state． They are also set to control the state house for the first time in 22 years．
＂This Week＂ co-anchor Jonathan Karl asked Bottoms how Democrats will keep those voters on their team in future elections．
＂I was very intentional in visiting areas that Trump carried． We kicked off the general election up in the county that Trump had carried by close to 77 percent， and we ended it in another county that Trump won． And I wanted to be clear that I was there to listen， I was there to hear the concerns of people across the state． That I wasn＇t just campaigning to Democrats， but also those independents and Republicans across the state，＂ Bottoms said．
＂At the end of the day， the issues that we＇re facing transcend party lines，＂ Bottoms added．
Bottoms’ governorship follows Republican Gov． Brian Kemp， who was term limited and experienced various clashes with the Trump administration during his tenure． Bottoms said that she is prepared to work with the administration but also will “stand up and push back and fight back when necessary．”
“I＇m going to talk to leaders across this country， Democrats and Republicans， to find out how they＇ve been able to navigate this White House，” said Bottoms． “I was ［Atlanta＇s］ mayor under the first Trump administration． There were a couple of reasonable voices that we were able to communicate with．”
Bottoms added that President Trump’s Fridayannouncementthat Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff complicates communicating with the administration： “I don＇t know that those voices can be found， especially with the transition of the chief of staff．”
Bottoms also reflected on the nature of her historic win． She recounted visiting the grave of her enslaved great great grandmother， Betsy Peake， in Crawfordville， Georgia， on the day of her victory．
“It was one of the most moving experiences I＇ve had in my life，” Bottoms said．“And we went to the cemetery where we thought some of my family members were buried． And there are a number of unmarked graves． And we stumbled across a tombstone that had our family name． And I literally fell to the ground when I saw that it was Betsy Peake．”
