1. Kwanza Hall was born on May 1,1971 and is an American politician and businessman who briefly served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district.
18 Facts About Kwanza Hall
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Kwanza Hall previously served as a member of the Atlanta City Council for the 2nd district.
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Kwanza Hall was first elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009.
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Kwanza Hall represented the neighborhoods of Atlantic Station, Castleberry Hill, Downtown, Home Park, Inman Park, the Marietta Artery, Sweet Auburn and the Martin Luther King Historic District, Midtown, Poncey-Highland, and the Old Fourth Ward.
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Kwanza Hall opted to not run for re-election in 2017, and was a candidate in the 2017 Atlanta mayoral election.
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Kwanza Hall chose to run for Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 2020 special election, following the death of incumbent congressman John Lewis.
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Kwanza Hall attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied political science, but withdrew during his senior year.
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Kwanza Hall then became the director of business development for MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
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In 2002, Kwanza Hall was elected to the Atlanta Board of Education, where he served for three years prior to his election to the Atlanta City Council.
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Kwanza Hall represented District 2 on the Atlanta City Council, a post he was elected to in 2005.
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Kwanza Hall was re-elected in 2009 and again in 2013.
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Kwanza Hall has focused strongly on community improvement including land use, historical preservation, and sustainable development of in-town neighborhoods.
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Kwanza Hall filed to run in the 2017 Atlanta mayoral election in January 2017.
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Kwanza Hall placed first in the September 29,2020, general election.
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Kwanza Hall won the runoff election on December 1,2020.
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Kwanza Hall ran for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 2022, and placed first in the Democratic primary, but lost the primary runoff to Charlie Bailey.
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On November 4,2022, Kwanza Hall endorsed Republican Governor Brian Kemp for re-election, joining 2 other Democrats in crossing party lines.
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Kwanza Hall is divorced and lives in the Martin Luther King Historic District.