State Sen. Nikema Williams, the Georgia Democratic Party chair, will replace the late Congressman John Lewis as the Democratic nominee for Atlanta’s 5th Congressional District on the November ballot, but the debate about how she was chosen continues.
Due to Georgia law, the state Democratic Party was forced to select a nominee quickly. An executive committee voted for Williams among five finalists nearly unanimously Monday afternoon.
Lewis’ former chief of staff, Michael Collins, sent a letter to the committee members before their vote arguing “it is vital that the process take into account the will of the people – an important tenet of our democracy and a hallmark of [Lewis’] life’s work.”
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