Former Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Evans has announced a bid to return to the state House. Evans said Thursday that she'll run for the Atlanta-based seat held by retiring state Rep. Pat Gardner.
Evans represented a Smyrna-based seat for years before stepping down in 2017 to run for governor.
Evans lost the Democratic primary to Stacey Abrams last year.
Evans said in a statement that she's motivated to run again by Republican attacks on women's rights, a reference to the abortion ban passed by the Georgia legislature this year.
Evans was first elected to the state House in 2010.