Kwanza Hall wins runoff election to briefly fill seat in Congress of the late civil rights legend John Lewis

ATLANTA (AP) – Former Atlanta City Council member Kwanza Hall has won a runoff election to briefly fill the seat in Congress of the late civil rights legend John Lewis. The 49-year-old Hall defeated former Morehouse College President Robert Franklin in Tuesday’s special election. Hall will serve in Congress until Jan. 3 from the Atlanta area district. Both Democrats led a field of seven candidates in a September special election to replace Lewis, who died from cancer in July after 34 years in Congress. He was 80. Hall won’t be Lewis’ long-term replacement. State Sen. Nikema Williams easily beat a Republican in November for a full two-year term.