2020 Georgia's 5th congressional district special election

2020 Georgia's 5th congressional district special election
September 29, 2020
December 1, 2020 (runoff)
Georgia's 5th congressional district
 
Candidate Kwanza Hall Robert Michael Franklin Jr.
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 13,450 11,332
Percentage 54.27% 45.73%
County results
Hall:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Vacant

 Elected U.S. Representative

Kwanza Hall
Democratic

A special election filled the remainder of the term in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 116th United States Congress. Incumbent representative John Lewis, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2019, died on July 17, 2020, during his 17th term.

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