Updated Monday at 2:45 p.m.
The Georgia Democratic Party has selected state Senator and party chair Nikema Williams to replace the late Congressman John Lewis on the November ballot.
Williams, a friend and mentee of Lewis’, was selected by party leaders through a virtual executive committee meeting nearly unanimously.
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