Former Gwinnett County School Board Chairman Everton Blair Jr. won the special election to fill the late Rep. David Scott’s (D-GA) open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Blair defeated Scott’s daughter, Democratic candidate Marcye Scott, in the Georgia runoff by an 8-point margin and 1,448 votes. The two Democrats had made it to the special election runoff after each advancing from the July 28 special election, with a combined near 84% of the votes, as the Republican candidates failed to hit double digits.

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