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Georgia's winning Black women explain their campaigns to Roland Martin

Nikki Porcher and Keisha Waites credit county-by-county outreach, everyday costs and a coalition that crossed party lines.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 42,792 views a day, 6.5 times a normal first day on this channel (6,613).

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12:24Martin reports that eight Black women won Georgia statewide offices, then introduces Nikki Porcher and Keisha Waites.
14:20Porcher credits county-by-county outreach; Waites emphasizes everyday costs and voters across party lines.
18:13Waites credits Stacey Abrams's organizational groundwork, while Porcher describes a low-budget, people-centered campaign.
21:22Mississippi's Senate race remains uncalled, with Scott Colom holding a narrow lead over Cindy Hyde-Smith.
35:27Tiffany Burks discusses restructuring Tarrant County's district attorney's office and building public trust through action.
50:48Brianna Brown credits Texas electoral gains to sustained investment and continuous grassroots field operations.

Nikki Porcher traveled to more than half of Georgia's counties. Keisha Waites kept bringing the conversation back to fuel, groceries, healthcare and insurance. On Roland Martin Unfiltered, the two newly elected officials offer a practical account of the work behind a historic election result.

Martin introduces them as part of the eight Black women elected to Georgia statewide offices: Porcher as labor commissioner-elect and Waites as insurance commissioner-elect. Their conversation is less about election-night spectacle than how candidates reached people before it.

Porcher emphasizes grassroots outreach and the unity among Black women candidates. Waites credits Stacey Abrams with laying organizational foundations, while stressing that the winning coalition extended beyond Democrats. "We will serve for all of Georgia regardless of partisan affiliation," she says.

The full broadcast drew an estimated 43,000 views in its first day, more than six times the usual start for Martin's long broadcasts. Separate segments about Mississippi's unresolved Senate count, his criticism of James Carville's assessment of Angie Nixon, and his demand that Democrats use their governing power also drew unusually fast audiences. The broadcast includes a paid partnership with a Medicare advisory service.

The organizing theme carries into Martin's Texas interviews. Brianna Brown of the Texas Organizing Project describes continuous field operations and long-term investment, rather than treating an election as a stand-alone campaign.

Tiffany Burks, elected Tarrant County district attorney after defeating Republican incumbent Phil Sorrells, makes a similar distinction between winning office and earning confidence in it. Asked about the prosecutor's office, she puts the test plainly: "I think the way that we build trust is through action and through what we do, not what we say."

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The facts

Channel: Roland S. Martin
Subscribers: 1,960,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 5,435,713
Channel views, pace per day: 909,649 (on a normal day: 569,967)
Video published: November 6, 2026
Video views so far: 43,563 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 15,937

The numbers

The full election broadcast ran well ahead of Martin's usual first-day audience for long shows. Several separately posted political segments also had unusually strong starts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

6,613

this video

42,792

subscribers

1,960,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,022,204,216

views per day

909,649