Lucy McBath, mother of 17-year-old Jordan Davis who was shot and killed in 2012 in a racial discrimination attack has been elected to Congress. Six years after losing her high school going son Lucy decided to fight for a seat in the US House of Representatives and emerged victorious in her maiden attempt by defeating her opponent Republican Rep. Karen Handel.
Dedicating her victory to her son, Lucy said, “This win is just the beginning. We have sent a strong message to the entire country. Absolutely nothing – no politician and no special interest is more powerful than a mother on a mission.”
This win is just the beginning. We’ve sent a strong message to the entire country. Absolutely nothing – no politician & no special interest – is more powerful than a mother on a mission.
Sign up w/ #TeamLucy below. We still have so much work left to do. https://t.co/yH2MIi3FTi pic.twitter.com/zw0cs6NQa4
— Lucy McBath (@LucyWins2018) November 8, 2018
Earlier in April, Lucy had said in an interview, “I told him people might not really see you for who you really are.”
“After carefully reviewing all of the election results data, it is clear that I came up a bit short on Tuesday,” Handel wrote on Facebook. “Congratulations to Representative-Elect Lucy McBath and I send her only good thoughts and much prayer for the journey that lies ahead for her.”
Davis was shot dead over listening to music in an SUV with his friends in Jacksonville in Florida. Michael Dunn who claimed that he felt threatened when Davis and his friends refused to turn down the radio, is serving a life term in jail.
“What I’m doing today is still mothering his legacy. I’m extending what I would do for my son to my community,” said Lucy McBath.
McBath won with 50.5 percent of the vote compared to Handel’s 49.5 percent. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, McBath is the first black woman to represent her district and only the third from Georgia to represent the state in Congress.
