“After a hard fought race,” Georgia Democrat Lucy McBath said in a statement Wednesday, “I am honored to announce that the people of Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District have put their trust in my vision for the future of our district and nation.”
The voters responded to my commitment to put aside partisan fights for the good of the American people. Six years ago, I went from a Marietta mom to a mother on a mission. After my son was lost to gun violence, I stood up and started demanding more. After Parkland, I was compelled to enter this race for Congress—to provide leadership that would be about the business of putting lives over profit. I vow to make that my top priority.
McBath, who was endorsed by Daily Kos, has a lead of nearly 3,000 votes over Rep. Karen Handel, who won the seat in a 2017 special election, defeating Jon Ossoff. Ossoff came closer than any recent Democrat had, but winning the gerrymandered seat turns out to have been a two-election project.