Everton Blair has won the special election to succeed the late Democratic Rep. David Scott, becoming the first openly gay man elected to Congress from Georgia. With more than 95 percent of votes counted, Blair, a former chair of the Gwinnett County school board, was leading fellow Democrat Marcye Scott, the late congressman’s daughter, 53 […]

NBC News projects that Blair has won the race to serve the remainder of Scott’s term in Georgia’s 13th District.

Everton Blair Jr. will serve out the remaining few months of the late Rep. David Scott's final term, the Associated Press projects.