CBS News projects that Jasmine Clark will win Georgia's 13th Congressional District race for the U.S. House on November 3, 2026. Clark, a State Rep. who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives since 2019, is projected to defeat Republican Air Force veteran Jonathan Chavez.
The result would make Clark the newest lawmaker to represent the district in the U.S. House. Chavez ran unopposed in the GOP primary earlier this year, while Clark secured the Democratic primary with more than 56% of the vote and became the party's nominee.
Georgia's 13th Congressional District
The district stretches across portions of metro Atlanta and was first created following the 2000 Census. It has long been considered a solidly blue district, but the seat is currently held by Everton Blair after a separate special election in August.
Blair, the former chair of the Gwinnett County School Board, defeated Marcye Scott in that special election. Marcye Scott is the daughter of David Scott, the late congressman who had represented the district for decades before his death in April.
Jasmine Clark and Jonathan Chavez
Clark's projected win finishes a race that began after David Scott's death triggered a high-profile contest for the seat. Chavez entered the general election after the GOP primary, but Clark's primary strength carried into November and put her in line to take over the district's next full term.
For voters in Georgia's 13th Congressional District, the practical result is a split handoff: Blair continues to hold the seat for now, while Clark is projected to become the district's next representative in the U.S. House once the new term begins.
Everton Blair and Marcye Scott
The current arrangement leaves Blair in the seat until the new term starts, even as Clark is projected to win the general election. That means the district will move from one temporary holder to a new elected representative after Blair's brief tenure and the special-election path that followed David Scott's death.
The open question left by the race is the final vote margin in November, which will show how wide Clark's projected win was in a district that has changed hands through two separate contests this year.
