The Democratic Sandy Springs attorney who sued the Georgia Republican Party last month after he was targeted by an ugly political mailer campaign has won his race for the state House of Representatives.

Josh McLaurin, an associate at Atlanta’s Krevolin & Horst, said he was “thrilled and honored” the voters of House District 51 in formerly reliably Republican Sandy Springs selected him over opponent Alex Kaufman, an attorney with the law firm Kaufman & Forman.