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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The grandson of the late U.S. Rep. Julia Carson won a special election Tuesday to succeed her, keeping the seat in Democratic hands and becoming the second Muslim ever elected to Congress.
Democrat Andre Carson had a 5,000-vote lead over Republican Jon Elrod out of nearly 59,000 votes counted. With 88 percent of 445 precincts reporting, Carson had about 53 percent of the vote compared with about 44 percent for Elrod.
Carson will represent a district that covers most of Indianapolis for the remainder of the year. In a primary in May, he’ll seek to be the Democratic nominee for a full two-year term.
In his victory speech, Carson told more than 100 supporters gathered at a downtown Indianapolis hotel that he would have to “hit the ground running.” One of his top priorities, he said, would be ending the war in Iraq.
“We need to bring our men and women back home and end this useless war,” Carson said.
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