Politics
Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis, wins Georgia 6th Congressional district
Lucy McBath, the gun control and racial justice activist whose son Jordan Davis was killed in a 2012 shooting, is now headed to Congress
Lucy McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis who was killed over loud music, has won a Georgia Congressional seat.
The gun control and racial justice activist won a very close election decided Thursday morning, reports NY Times.
Lucy McBath Georgia Congressional defeated the Republican incumbent Karen Handel
Though Ms. Handel did not concede the race until Thursday morning, Ms. McBath claimed victory in a statement released Wednesday.
The Associated Press officially called the race for Ms. McBath on Thursday morning.
“Six years ago I went from a Marietta mom to a mother on a mission,” she said, referencing her teenage son’s death.
Jordan Davis, Ms. McBath’s son, was 17 when he was shot and killed by a white man at a gas station after refusing to turn down the volume of the rap music playing in his car.
Michael Dunn was later convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Davis.