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Battle to replace late House Dem goes to overtime after daughter failed to clinch seat

Two Democratic candidates locked in a race to fill the seat left by the late Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., advanced to a runoff election on Tuesday evening after failing to capture 51% of the vote.The winner of the election will add another Democratic seat in a narrowly divided House of Representatives where Republicans hold 218 seats and Democrats control 212. Adding even one more Democratic member puts increased pressure on Republicans to remain united on party-line legislation.Marcye Scott, the daughter of the late David Scott, and Everton Blair, chair of the Gwinnett County School Board, will f...