This is a important and promising district for progressives. Republican Wendell Willard is retiring. Willard has represented these northern Atlanta suburbs for many years and has been an influential legislator, running unopposed for the past three election cycles.
HD 51 has traditionally been a red district, but these educated, suburban voters were turned off by Trump: Romney won by 14.5% in 2012, but Clinton took the district by 5 points.
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