Georgia District Flips; Karen Handel Concedes

[Sandy]

Either more yankees moved into the district since last year's special election between Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossof, or anti-Trump sentiment is growing in Georgia. An anti-gun activist who was inspired to run for Congress by the students at Stoneman-Douglas High School in Florida, Lucy McBath, was declared the winner today.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/politics ... index.html

So apparently those kids and their voter registration push have inspired at least one new Democratic candidate to run and maybe also helped her win.

[William Thornton]

This was a surprise and it's good to know that there is some small degree of uncertainty in congressional elections. Mcbath ran a ton of ads that I had to watch. The ones that featured her were upbeat and positive. She won by about a point. I'd guess the district will be contested in 2020...but for now, congratulations to her. I've always liked Handel.

[Sandy]

[William Thornton]

Not my district. My guy is in a solid GOP district.