MACON, Ga. (AP) - Democratic Sen. David Lucas of Macon entered the hospital on Wednesday after being diagnosed with COVID-19, his wife, Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Elaine Lucas, told local news outlets Thursday.
The 70-year-old Lucas was elected to the state Senate in 2012 and represents a middle Georgia district including parts of Bibb, Houston and Jones counties and all of Twiggs, Wilkinson, Hancock and Washington counties. He served in the state House from 1974 until 2011 and was briefly out of office before winning the Senate seat. Lucas was re-elected to another two-year term this year.
Lucas is at least the sixth person in the 56-member state Senate to be diagnosed with the respiratory illness. At least two House members have also been diagnosed.
The Tuskegee University graduate has focused on rural, health and local issues. He underwent emergency bypass surgery in 2018.
Elaine Lucas said she is showing no symptoms but is in quarantine and awaiting COVID-19 test results.
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