Jimmy Carter's Grandson Wins Ga. Senate Race

The Carter name is back in Georgia politics for the first time since the '70s. Jason Carter, grandson of Jimmy Carter, was elected to the State Senate for a suburban Atlanta seat in a special election to fill the seat vacated when David Edelman was appointed US ambassador to Singapore. Carter, a 34-year-old lawyer, captured 65.6% of the vote. His nearest rival, also a Democrat, won 22.9% of the vote, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

The former president donated to his grandson's campaign and campaigned door-to-door with him. "Jason’s hard-working, well-qualified and has a lot of young people’s support,” the 84-year-old told the New York Times at his grandson's victory party last night. “You know, I got started 48 years ago in a special election for the Georgia State Senate.” (More Georgia stories.)