Hall wins runoff to briefly fill seat of late Rep. John Lewis
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foxnews.comATLANTA (AP) – Former Atlanta City Council member Kwanza Hall won a special runoff election Tuesday for a brief term in Congress and will succeed the late civil rights legend John Lewis.
The 49-year-old Hall defeated fellow Democrat Robert Franklin, 66, in the Atlanta area district and will only hold the seat for a few weeks through Jan.
3. Hall and Franklin were the top vote getters in a September special election after Lewis, a civil rights titan, died in July following 34 years in Congress.
Neither candidate won a majority, though, forcing a runoff that leaves the winner with only about a month to serve in Congress.
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