Everton Blair Wins Georgia 13th Runoff With 53.9% After Overturning First-Round Deficit
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 26
Everton Blair Wins Georgia 13th Runoff With 53.9% After Overturning First-Round Deficit
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 26
Summary
9,891 votes gave Democrat Everton Blair a 53.9% to 46.1% victory over Marcye Scott in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District special runoff, with the AP calling the race.
Gwinnett County powered the comeback: Blair won it by 40 points and took 8,147 votes there, offsetting Scott’s leads across Clayton, Henry, Rockdale, Newton and DeKalb.
Scott had led the July 28 first round 46% to 38% but fell short of a majority, sending the heavily Democratic seat to a runoff that Blair ultimately reversed.
The special election fills the vacancy left by Rep. David Scott, who died on April 22; Blair will serve the remainder of the term until early January.