Rev. Kim Jackson won her election last night, making history as Georgia’s first ever openly LGBTQ State Senator. Jackson, who represents District 41, took home the victory in a landslide, winning 79 percent of the votes and beating out her Republican opponent William Freeman, who won just 21 percent.
Despite news outlets and the LGBTQ Victory Fund—who endorsed the candidate—calling the race and giving Jackson the victory, Jackson has not yet claimed the victory, as she wants to wait every vote is counted. “We are thrilled to see that others have called our race a victory,” she wrote on Facebook last night. “But we are also eagerly awaiting the final vote count.