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    50 States And No Black Governors, But That Could Change In 2018

    Only two black governors have ever been elected in the United States. But in 2018, more than half a dozen African-Americans are running in gubernatorial races.
    by Asma Khalid May 18, 2018 5 minutes
    Democrat Stacey Abrams greets voters at an early vote event in DeKalb County, Ga. Abrams is in a competitive Democratic primary with an opponent who shares the same first name, Stacey Evans.

    At Columbia Drive United Methodist church in Decatur, Ga., the congregation bowed their heads under a brightly lit cross and prayed for their fellow worshiper — Stacey Abrams, the former minority leader in the Georgia legislature now running for governor.

    "We want to pray for Stacey Abrams," the pastor said, as people in the pews shouted "Yeah, that's right" in agreement. "We want to pray, with her the season may change - that with her being elected as the governor of the great state of Georgia that all of those ideas from the current administration be answered to the way of righteousness."

    It was not lost on anyone at church the significance of what Abrams is trying to do. Not a single sitting governor in any of the 50 states is black. In fact, in the history of the United States only

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