Hall Wins Runoff to Briefly Fill Seat of Late Rep. John Lewis

Hall Wins Runoff to Briefly Fill Seat of Late Rep. John Lewis
Then Atlanta city councilman Kwanza Hall attends an event in Atlanta, Ga., on May 17, 2016. Moses Robinson/Getty Images for Qatar Airways
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ATLANTA—Former Atlanta City Councilmember Kwanza Hall won a special runoff election Tuesday for a brief term in Congress and will succeed the late civil rights legend John Lewis.

The 49-year-old Hall defeated fellow Democrat Robert Franklin, 66, in the Atlanta area district and will only hold the seat for a few weeks through Jan. 3.