U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath prevailed over two challengers in the Democratic primary in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District.

Congresswoman Lucy McBath arrives at the Gwinnett County celebration of a $20 million grant awarded to transform the transit center just west of Gwinnett Place Mall on Monday, July 24, 2023.  (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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McBath, the former Delta flight attendant who became a gun control activist after her son was murdered in 2012, now is the favorite to win a fourth term in Congress. She will face Republican Jeff Criswell in the November election in a newly drawn district that is both majority Black and Democratic-leaning.

McBath bested State Rep. Mandisha A. Thomas and Cobb County Commissioner Jerica Richardson, the other Democrats on the primary ballot.

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