The race for the 7th Congressional District quickly began to fill up Monday as candidate qualifying for this year’s elections got underway.

By midway through the first day of qualifying, two members of Congress, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux and Lucy McBath, filed paperwork for the Democratic Party primary along with state Rep. Donna McLeod, according to the Secretary of State’s website. Mark Gonsalves and YG Nyghtstorm have filed paperwork to run for the seat as Republicans.

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