UPDATE: The counting is over. Now, the recounting begins.
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Lucy McBath Wins Georgia Congressional Race Against Karen Handel | The New York Times
Lucy McBath, the gun control and racial justice activist whose son was killed in a 2012 shooting, is now headed to Congress, after winning a razor-thin election decided Thursday morning.
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‘Black girl magic’: 19 black women ran for judge in Texas county – and all 19 won | The Guardian
Victories mark unprecedented level of success for black female judicial candidates in Harris county, which includes Houston
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Stacey Abrams Is Still Waiting for a Miracle | The Atlantic
The battle over Georgia’s gubernatorial race might not be over anytime soon.
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Kamala Harris Is on the Rise | Glamour
The Senator came to Washington to do work—and gave some women nationwide a voice inside the room where it happens.
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Stacey Abrams’s Prescription for a Maternal-Health Crisis | The Atlantic
Georgia is one of the riskiest places in the country for black women to have a child. That fact could make the difference in the governor’s race.
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The Trump Era Is Destroying Black Civics, but Delivering Black Votes | The Atlantic
A new survey from The Atlantic and the Public Religion Research Institute finds that the past two years have eroded African American participation in politics and activism, even in a watershed election year for minorities.
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Kamala Harris Is Building a Network for Black Candidates | Intelligencer
“My mother used to tell me, ‘Kamala, you may be the first to do many things. Make sure you are not the last.’”
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N.C. Man Charged with Ethnic Intimidation after Brandishing Weapon at Black Poll Worker | Atlanta Black Star
Police have arrested a man accused of harassing and threatening to assault a Black campaign worker at an early-voting location in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday.
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America’s Weaponized Attorneys General | The Atlantic
Both parties have taken the gloves off in the midterm elections as they fight for advantage in more than 30 attorneys-general races across the country.
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