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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorgia swamp officially drained of Karen Handel.
Democrat and gun-control advocate Lucy McBath defeated Republican U.S. Representative Karen Handel in a congressional race in Georgia, racking up another seat for Democrats who won control of the House of Representative in Tuesdays elections.
The closely fought race in Georgias Sixth Congressional District was one of 10 House races remaining to be decided.
This win is just the beginning. Weve sent a strong message to the entire country, McBath said on Twitter on Thursday morning. Absolutely nothing no politician & no special interest is more powerful than a mother on a mission.
McBaths son, 17-year-old Jordan Davis, was a black teenager killed when a white man fired 10 rounds at a vehicle carrying four teens in a Jacksonville gas station parking lot in November 2012. The gunman complained that he and his friends were playing music too loudly in their car.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/democrat-lucy-mcbath-beats-republican-karen-handel-georgia-house-race/
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Georgia swamp officially drained of Karen Handel. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Nov 2018
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Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)1. Thanks Lucy for ridding the government of that filth Handel.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)2. Waking up Wednesday to news McBath had won, made my day. Huge in district where Newt Gingrich
and Tom Price served. Never expected that, and McBath is a first time campaigner who ran strictly on the issues.
brer cat
(24,562 posts)3. Outstanding!
Lucy is a breath of fresh air after that idiot Handel.