Democrat Bourdeaux flips Georgia House district

Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux has flipped a suburban Atlanta congressional district, defeating Republican Rich McCormick.

Counting of absentee ballots and in-person votes cast early continued long past election night, forcing a tense wait before the race could be called.

Bourdeaux, 50, had come close to winning in 2018, falling fewer than 500 votes short of defeating Republican incumbent Rob Woodall in that race.

Woodall didn’t seek another term in the district northeast of Atlanta.

Bourdeaux is a college professor who previously worked in government. She emphasized expanded health care in her campaign and used the momentum she built two years ago to push past McCormick, an emergency room physician and Marine veteran making his first-ever bid for office.

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Congresswoman-elect Carolyn Bourdeaux: Second time's the charm