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Jun 21, 2017 · With 99 percent of the vote counted, Handel leads Ossoff 53 percent to 47 percent in a race that many expected to be much closer. Handel had 127,021 votes to the Democrat's 114,390 ballots.
Jun 21, 2017 · 48.1 %. 100% reporting (208 of 208 precincts) Karen Handel, a Republican, defeated Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, in the most expensive U.S. House race in history. The election was largely seen as a...
Jun 20, 2017 · She won the tight race, according to the Associated Press, by a roughly 5 percent margin. Unofficial results from the Georgia Secretary of State's website gave Handel a solid lead with 52.69...
- Kristal Dixon
Jun 20, 2017 · Handel garnered over 19 percent of the vote, beating out 10 other Republican candidates. Candidates make final push. As the election in the 6th Congressional District comes to a close, Republican...
- Why Is There An Election Now in 2017?
- Why Do People Care?
- Who Is Jon Ossoff?
- Who Is Karen Handel?
- Who’s Expected to Win?
- When and What to Watch
Ossoff and Handel are aiming to replace Tom Price, a long-time representative in the district who resigned from his seat to become the secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration. An initial vote in April was so close that it triggered a run-off election.
The race is the first real opportunity Democrats saw as a chance to flip a district from Republican to Democrat. While others—such as the race in Montana between Greg Gianforte and Rob Quist—were not seen as likely to switch from red to blue. The competition between Ossoff and Handel has attracted wide-spread attention and tons of money. The cost o...
Ossoff, 30, is a former congressional aide and documentary filmmaker who raised millions of dollars for the special election. He has never run for political office and has centered his message on the economy, healthcare, civil rights, and women’s rights. Ossoff has been courting liberal voters who are furious with Trump’s agenda and moderate Republ...
Handel served as Georgia’s secretary of state from 2007 to 2010, and has centered her campaign on fiscal conservatism and pledging to reduce regulation. Handel, like Trump, has campaigned on tougher immigration laws and simplifying the tax code. Handel has also served as an executive at the breast cancer foundation Susan G. Komen and failed in a bi...
It’s going to be close. Most polls for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District show Ossoff with a leadheading into Tuesday, but a victory for Democrats will likely hinge on liberal voters showing up to vote in a heavily conservative-leaning district. A pollconducted by Landmark Communications found Ossoff leading Handel 49.0 percent to 48.9 percent, w...
Polls close at 7pm ET but more than thousands of ballots were mailed in early. Overall voter turnout is expected to go beyond the 190,000 who voted in April’s election. Weather could also play a roll, as it’s expected to rain—which could cause voters to sit the election out. Watch live results for Georgia’s special election below, powered by Decisi...
Nov 9, 2018 · ATLANTA — Karen Handel has conceded the Georgia's 6th Congressional District race to Lucy McBath Thursday morning. In a letter to Channel 2 Action News, Handel said, "After carefully reviewing...
Nov 3, 2020 · Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6. Karen Handel defeated Joe Profit, Blake Harbin, Mykel Lynn Barthelemy, and Paulette Smith in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 9, 2020. Candidate.
