From survivor to State Rep: Lafayette native steps into role with deep roots

From survivor to State Rep: Lafayette native steps into role with deep roots

As election results rolled in across the state this weekend, one legislative race never made it to the ballot. Thats because only one candidate qualified to run in House District 45: Annie Wingate-Spell, a Lafayette native, who will now assume the seat formerly held by newly elected State Sen. Brach Myers.For Wingate-Spell, this political milestone marks far more than a career shift. A survivor of stage four Hodgkins lymphoma, she said her journ…