abrams and also thnikema willia.
nikema williams will be joining
biden in washington next month
as a newly elected member of
congress.
this past july when beloved u.s.
congressman john lewis died at
the age of 82 an odd quirk in
georgia law meant the georgia
democratic party had just three
days to decide who they wanted
to nominate in his seat.
the state of georgia, the whole
country was only just starting
to mourn the passing of john
lewis, this icon of civil rights
and american civic virtue, this
moral giant who walked among us.
but even in the initial plush of
grief in this passing georgia
democrats had to make this
lightening fast decision who
they wanted to replace him on
the ballot.
and those allies who knew him
best, his parties in the home
state of georgia they chose
state senator nikema williams.
just a few months earlier,
she'd become the first black
woman to be elected the leader
of the georgia democratic party.
last month in the november
elections not only did...