Georgia's 6th congressional district | |
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Population (2023) | 797,492 [2] |
Median household income | $123,681 [2] |
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Cook PVI | R+11 [3] |
Georgia's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2024 [update] , it is represented by Democrat Lucy McBath.
Georgia's 6th congressional district has existed since the 29th Congress (1845–1847), the first Congress in which U.S. representatives were elected from districts rather than at-large. Georgia gained a sixth U.S. representative for the first time in the 13th Congress (1813–1815).
Located in north-central Georgia, the district consists of many of the northern suburbs of Atlanta and includes all of Forsyth, Dawson County, portions of eastern Cobb County, northern Fulton County, a snippet of western Gwinnett County, and eastern Cherokee County. From 1965 to 1993, the 6th District covered a swath of exurban and rural territory south and west of Atlanta. In 1992, it moved to its present position in Atlanta's northern suburbs.
The district is known for producing prominent figures in American politics, including former House Speaker and 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, and former U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson. It was also known as a suburban Republican stronghold for much of its recent history, and the party held the seat from 1992 to 2018. However, Metro Atlanta's recent population growth has brought Democratic-leaning voters into the area, as evidenced by McBath's 2018 victory over Republican incumbent Karen Handel. The district's new boundaries have restored its previous Republican bent.
Year | Office | Results [4] |
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2008 | President | Obama 64% - 36% |
2012 | President | Obama 66% - 34% |
2016 | President | Clinton 70% - 27% |
Senate | Barksdale 62% - 34% | |
2018 | Governor | Abrams 74% - 25% |
Lt. Governor | Riggs Amico 73% - 27% | |
Attorney General | Bailey 72% - 28% | |
2020 | President | Biden 74% - 25% |
2021 | Senate (Reg.) | Ossoff 74% - 26% |
Senate (Spec.) | Warnock 75% - 25% | |
2022 | Senate | Warnock 76% - 22% |
Governor | Abrams 72% - 28% | |
Lt. Governor | Bailey 73% - 25% | |
Attorney General | Jordan 73% - 26% | |
Secretary of State | Nguyen 69% - 29% |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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57 | Cherokee | Canton | 286,602 |
67 | Cobb | Marietta | 776,743 |
85 | Dawson | Dawsonville | 31,732 |
117 | Forsyth | Cumming | 272,887 |
121 | Fulton | Atlanta | 1,079,105 |
135 | Gwinnett | Lawrenceville | 983,526 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jack Flynt (Incumbent) | 49,082 | 51.45% | |
Republican | Newt Gingrich | 46,308 | 48.55% | |
Total votes | 100.00% | |||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Johnny Isakson (Incumbent) | 256,595 | 74.75% | |
Democratic | Brett DeHart | 86,666 | 25.25% | |
Total votes | 343,261 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Johnny Isakson (Incumbent) | 163,209 | 79.91% | |
Democratic | Jeff Weisberger | 41,043 | 20.09% | |
Total votes | 204,252 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price | 267,542 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 267,542 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 144,958 | 72.39% | |
Democratic | Steve Sinton | 55,294 | 27.61% | |
Total votes | 200,252 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 231,520 | 68.48% | |
Democratic | Bill Jones | 106,551 | 31.52% | |
Total votes | 338,071 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 198,100 | 99.91% | |
Write-In | Sean Greenberg | 188 | 0.09% | |
Total votes | 198,288 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 189,669 | 64.51% | |
Democratic | Jeff Kazanow | 104,365 | 35.49% | |
Total votes | 294,034 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 139,018 | 66.04% | |
Democratic | Robert G. Montigel | 71,486 | 33.96% | |
Total votes | 210,504 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 201,088 | 61.7% | |
Democratic | Rodney Stooksbury | 124,917 | 38.3% | |
Total votes | 326,005 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 92,673 | 48.2% | |
Republican | Karen Handel | 38,071 | 19.7% | |
Republican | Bob Gray | 20,755 | 10.8% | |
Republican | Dan Moody | 16,994 | 8.8% | |
Republican | Judson Hill | 16,848 | 8.8% | |
Republican | Kurt Wilson | 1,812 | 0.94% | |
Republican | David Abroms | 1,637 | 0.85% | |
Democratic | Ragin Edwards | 502 | 0.26% | |
Democratic | Ron Slotin | 488 | 0.25% | |
Republican | Bruce LeVell | 455 | 0.24% | |
Republican | Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan | 414 | 0.22% | |
Republican | Keith Grawert | 414 | 0.22% | |
Republican | Amy Kremer | 349 | 0.18% | |
Republican | William Llop | 326 | 0.17% | |
Democratic | Rebecca Quigg | 304 | 0.16% | |
Democratic | Richard Keatley | 227 | 0.12% | |
Independent | Alexander Hernandez | 121 | 0.06% | |
Independent | Andre Pollard | 55 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 192,084 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | 43.47% | |||
Plurality | 54,602 | 28.35% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Karen Handel | 134,799 | 51.78% | −9.9% | |
Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 125,517 | 48.22% | +9.9% | |
Total votes | 260,316 | 99.95% | |||
Majority | 9,282 | 3.57% | −19.8% | ||
Turnout | 260,455 | 58.16% | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lucy McBath | 160,139 | 50.51% | |
Republican | Karen Handel (Incumbent) | 156,875 | 49.49% | |
Independent | Jeremy "Carlton Heston" Stubbs [27] | 18 | ||
Total votes | 317,014 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lucy McBath (Incumbent) | 216,775 | 54.59% | |
Republican | Karen Handel | 180,329 | 45.41% | |
Total votes | 397,104 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Rich McCormick | 206,886 | 62.22% | ||
Democratic | Bob Christian | 125,612 | 37.78% | ||
Total votes | 332,498 | 100.0% | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
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