Atlanta Democrat Rep. Tanya Miller announced Monday she's running for Georgia attorney general, joining two Republicans and a Democrat. Current Attorney General Chris Carr, a Republican, announced in December that he’s running for governor,

The contest to be Georgia’s next attorney general is now a four-way race after attorney and Atlanta state Rep. Tanya Miller announced her candidacy outside the state Capitol Monday. Miller, who serves as chair of the House Democratic Caucus,

Miller is a former prosecutor, civil rights attorney, and current chair of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus. She would become Georgia’s second African American to hold the office. Thurbert Baker was appointed to the position in 1997 by then-Gov. Zell Miller and served until January 10, 2011.