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Last night, Dec. 5th, saw success across the boards for Democrats in the Runoff elections held in Metro Atlanta. In particular, one Young Dem claimed her space in the Georgia Assembly.
The headline race in the area was the Atlanta Mayoral race, a "non-partisan" race, where Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms edged out Independent Mary Norwood for the top spot. The race is currently close enough that a recount is likely to be mounted, but for now, Bottoms has declared victory. In State Senate District 6, two Democrats had already sealed the fate of that seat flipping from Republican to Democrat (and breaking the Republican Super-majority in the Senate in the process), and last night Democrat Jen Jordan decisively won the seat. Former Young Georgia Democrat of the Year in 2009, Nikema Williams, also won her race for State Senate District 39. For Young Democrats in the area, one of the highlight races was State House District 89. The race, which was filling the vacated seat of former House Minority Leader and current Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, actually featured two Young Democrats, Sachin Varghese and Bee Nguyen. Ms. Nguyen, who spoke at the DeKalb Young Dems November meeting last month, ended the night with the victory. She now heads to the Golden Dome to represent her district while also becoming the first Vietnamese-American elected to the Georgia Assembly. Congratulations to Bee and her team, which was almost entirely made up of Young Dems from the Metro region! Another Young Dem shoutout goes to Dustin Hillis, a Young Dem of Atlanta who won his race for Atlanta City Council District 9. Full list of winners in the Metro Region from the December 5th, 2017 runoffs (party affiliation only noted for partisan races):
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