Everton Blair Jr. secured victory in the special runoff election held for Georgia's 13th Congressional District. Blair defeated candidate Marcye Scott in the runoff contest for the House of Representatives post. Marcye Scott is the child of late Representative David Scott.
Scott failed in her attempt to finish her father's term in the House of Representatives. She lost the runoff matchup to Blair. With this decisive outcome in Georgia's 13th Congressional District, Everton Blair Jr. is set to be the second Black openly gay man sent to Congress.