🇺🇸 Trending in USA · 4 November 2026
Who is Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat in the news?
Stacey Abrams is in the news on Election Day 2026, with coverage of her campaigning to help Democrats in Georgia and beyond. She is not on the 2026 ballot herself, so her name is back in the midterm conversation through her work for other candidates.
Who she is
Stacey Abrams is an American politician, lawyer, businesswoman and writer. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1973, and her family later moved to Georgia, where she grew up. She is a well-known voting rights campaigner in the United States.
Quick quiz
1. In which year did Stacey Abrams become the first Black woman to win a major party's nomination for governor of Georgia?
2. Which voting rights organisation did Stacey Abrams found after her 2018 defeat?
3. For how many years did Stacey Abrams serve in the Georgia House of Representatives?
