Hall, Kwanza, 1971-
Kwanza Hall (born May 1, 1971) is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from December 2020 to January 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Hall graduated from Benjamin E. Mays High School. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied political science, but dropped out during his senior year. Before holding elected office, Hall worked in the Fulton County government and served as vice president of technology for GoodWorks International. In 2002, Hall was elected to the Atlanta Board of Education, where he served for three years prior to his 2005 election to the Atlanta City Council. Re-elected in 2009 and 2013, Hall opted to run for Mayor of Atlanta in 2017, placing seventh in a field of 12 candidates. He would briefly serve as a senior political advisor in the administration of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Hall chose to run for Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 2020 special election following the death of incumbent congressman John Lewis. He finished first in the first round of voting on September 29, but did not receive a majority, and thus the race was decided in a runoff against Robert Michael Franklin on December 1, which Hall won by nearly nine points. Hall was sworn in two days later and served the final month of Lewis's term; Nikema Williams had been chosen by the Georgia Democratic Party to run in the general election in Lewis's stead.
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Birth 1971-05-01
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