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Georgia Democratic Leaders to Pick Ballot Replacement for Late Congressman
Lewis

VOA News

   Democratic Party leaders in the U.S. state of Georgia are gathering
   Monday to select a candidate to replace the late Congressman John Lewis
   in the November general election.

   A spokeswoman said 131 people applied by the Sunday evening deadline to
   be considered.

   A nominating committee will select between three and five finalists,
   and then a committee of 44 party figures will vote on the final
   candidate.

   The Democrat chosen will go up against RepublicanAngela Stanton-King in
   November.

   Lewis served 17 terms in Congress, and in 2016, the last time he faced
   a Republican challenger in his district, he won with 84% of the vote.

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