Republican U.S. Rep. Karen Handel has conceded her long-red House seat in the Atlanta suburbs to an African-American gun control advocate making her first run for public office.
Handel’s statement Thursday morning says her careful review of the vote count shows she narrowly lost to Democrat Lucy McBath.
“It is clear that I came up a bit short,” she said, offering McBath “good thoughts and much prayer for the journey that lies ahead for her.”
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