Gun control advocate advances to Congressional primary run-off
By Chris Eger
McBath, center, lost her son in 2012 in a high-profile Florida murder and has been working with Everytown and Moms Demand Action for the past several years. (Photo: Moms Demand Action via Facebook)
A woman with a half-decade in senior positions with Everytown won enough votes this week in the Democratic primary that she is headed for a runoff in July.
Lucy McBath, whose son Jordan Davis was a victim in a high-profile murder in 2012, has spent the past five years as Faith and Outreach Leader for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and as a leader of Everytown’s Survivor Network. She picked up enough votes — 36 percent — in the primary for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday to face off with second place candidate, Kevin Abel, to see who will run against Republican incumbent Karen Handel this Fall.
“Lucy McBath is the leader Georgia needs–a proven leader who will never stop fighting to enact strong gun laws and keep her community safe,” said Everytown President John Feinblatt in a statement. “Lucy has Everytown’s full support heading into the runoff election.”
Full support, for the Bloomberg-allied gun control supergroup, includes lots of cash. Everytown says they have spent at
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