Stay In Congress To Be Fleeting For Georgia Election Winner

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October 1st, 2020

Kwanza Hall and Robert Franklin are headed to a Dec. 1 runoff after finishing first and second in Tuesday’s special election for the seat long held by civil rights legend John Lewis. About 31,000 voters cast ballots, just under 5% of all the voters on the rolls in the district.

Brynn Anderson / Associated PRess file

More than $1 million and 30,000 ballots later, Georgia voters will be sending someone to Congress amid hopes that a month in Washington is worth it.

Former Atlanta City Council member Kwanza Hall and former Morehouse College President Robert Franklin are headed to a Dec. 1 runoff after finishing first and second in a Tuesday special election among seven candidates for the seat long held by civil rights legend John Lewis. Lewis died from pancreatic cancer in July.

Hall and Franklin are both Democrats.

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