Georgia's 6th Congressional District

Georgia's 6th Congressional District

Incumbent

Lucy McBath

Assumed office: January 3, 2025

Georgia's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Lucy McBath (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Georgia representatives represented an average of 766,091 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 694,826 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)

Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Lucy McBath defeated Jeff Criswell and Elfreda Desvignes in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath (D)	74.7	277,027
		Jeff Criswell (R)	25.3	93,909
		Elfreda Desvignes (D) (Write-in)	0.0	45

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 370,981
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Lucy McBath defeated Jerica Richardson and Mandisha A. Thomas in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	84.8	60,837
		Jerica Richardson	9.3	6,699
		Mandisha A. Thomas	5.9	4,247

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,783
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brian Hopkins (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Jeff Criswell advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Criswell	100.0	11,983

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,983
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2022

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Rich McCormick defeated Bob Christian in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich McCormick (R)	62.2	206,886
		Bob Christian (D)	37.8	125,612

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 332,498
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Rich McCormick defeated Jake Evans in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich McCormick	66.5	27,455
		Jake Evans	33.5	13,808

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,263
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Bob Christian defeated Wayne White in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Christian	55.5	18,776
		Wayne White	44.5	15,025

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,801
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kimberly Reuter (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich McCormick	43.1	48,967
✔		Jake Evans	23.0	26,160
		Mallory Staples	9.0	10,178
		Meagan Hanson	8.4	9,539
		Eugene Yu	6.5	7,411
		Blake Harbin	3.7	4,171
		Byron Gatewood	3.0	3,358
		Suzi Voyles	2.3	2,646
		Paulette Smith	1.0	1,123

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 113,553
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Harold Earls (R)
• Eric Welsh (R)

2020

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Lucy McBath defeated Karen Handel in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath (D)	54.6	216,775
		Karen Handel (R)	45.4	180,329

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 397,104
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jayla Harrison (Commandments Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Lucy McBath advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	100.0	90,660

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,660
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Republican primary election

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	%	Votes
✔		Karen Handel	74.4	47,986
		Joe Profit	14.8	9,528
		Blake Harbin	4.9	3,143
		Mykel Lynn Barthelemy	4.3	2,780
		Paulette Smith	1.7	1,103

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,540
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nicole Rodden (R)
• Brandon Beach (R)
• Donnie Bolena (R)
• Kenneth Brown (R)

2018

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Lucy McBath defeated incumbent Karen Handel in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath (D)	50.5	160,139
		Karen Handel (R)	49.5	156,875
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	18

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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Lucy McBath defeated Kevin Abel in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on July 24, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	53.7	14,285
		Kevin Abel	46.3	12,303

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 26,588
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Lucy McBath and Kevin Abel advanced to a runoff. They defeated Bobby Kaple and Steven Knight Griffin in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	36.3	15,138
✔		Kevin Abel	30.5	12,747
		Bobby Kaple	26.2	10,956
		Steven Knight Griffin	6.9	2,901

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 41,742
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Keatley (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Karen Handel advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karen Handel	100.0	40,410

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2017

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District special election, 2017

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 Special Election Runoff, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Karen Handel	51.8%	134,799
	Democratic	Jon Ossoff	48.2%	125,517
Total Votes				260,316
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the June 20, 2017, special election runoff to represent the 6th Congressional District of Georgia.

It was the most expensive U.S. House race in history. The two campaigns, along with outside organizations, spent more than $50 million on the election. Although Handel held the advantage with outside groups spending money on the race, the Democratic effort to flip this congressional seat, which has been held by a Republican since 1979, began early. Ossoff raised $8.3 million in the first quarter of 2017, where recent Democratic candidates raised no more than $45,000 in the general election. In April and May, Ossoff raised an additional $15 million. Handel raised $4 million, relying on national political figures like President Donald Trump in May and Vice President Mike Pence in June to helm fundraisers. Although Handel's fundraising paled in comparison to Ossoff's, she outraised recent Republican candidates by more than $2 million.

Tom Perez, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, said that his party's investment in the race was part of a larger effort to improve party infrastructure across the country. "We're investing heavily here in the Georgia six race, but I'm traveling across the country. We're building strong parties everywhere. That's what we have to do because that's where we fell short in the past. We allowed our basic infrastructure to, you know, to atrophy and we have to build strong parties," he said. This spending was driven primarily by out-of-state contributions, which Handel and conservative outside organizations highlighted in critical campaign ads.

This special election was one of the first chances since 2016 for the Democratic Party to reduce the Republican House majority. When asked about the importance of the race, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R), who represented the district for two decades, told Ballotpedia, "I do think Republicans have to pay attention, and I think it would be a big mistake to allow this district to go to Ossoff, partly because of the psychology nationally, and partly because once a relatively talented person gets in office, it’s really hard to get rid of them."

The Democratic Party had not held Georgia's 6th District since before Gingrich's first election in 1978. However, Trump's victory margin of 1.5 percent over Hillary Clinton in the district in the 2016 presidential race signified that the district could be competitive. Comparatively, Mitt Romney (R) won the district by a margin of 23.3 percent in 2012, and John McCain (R) defeated Barack Obama (D) by 18 percent in 2008. Republicans suggested that Ossoff's failure to win in the district, despite an infusion of cash, was evidence that Democrats would not have electoral success in 2018.

Ossoff was a first-time candidate who previously worked in D.C. as a legislative aide to Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) for five years and as a documentary producer. Ossoff campaigned against Trump's policies and emphasized small business growth, affordable healthcare, preserving Medicare and Medicaid, and national security. He was characterized as more of a centrist than a progressive by New York Magazine, The Washington Post, National Review, and The New York Times. Handel, who served as the Georgia Secretary of State from 2007 to 2010, supported the Trump administration's position on healthcare and the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, although she rarely mentioned the president by name while campaigning. She instead focused on promoting conservative principles and economic issues such as improving the tax code for small businesses.

This was the fourth congressional special election of the year and the third won by a Republican.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 Special Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jon Ossoff	48.1%	92,673
	Republican	Karen Handel	19.8%	38,071
	Republican	Bob Gray	10.8%	20,802
	Republican	Dan Moody	8.8%	17,028
	Republican	Judson Hill	8.8%	16,870
	Republican	Kurt Wilson	0.9%	1,820
	Republican	David Abroms	0.9%	1,639
	Democratic	Ragin Edwards	0.3%	504
	Democratic	Ron Slotin	0.3%	491
	Republican	Bruce LeVell	0.2%	455
	Republican	Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan	0.2%	415
	Republican	Keith Grawert	0.2%	415
	Republican	Amy Kremer	0.2%	351
	Republican	William Llop	0.2%	326
	Democratic	Rebecca Quigg	0.2%	304
	Democratic	Richard Keatley	0.1%	229
	Independent	Alexander Hernandez	0.1%	121
	Independent	Andre Pollard	0%	55
Total Votes				192,569
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

2016

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Tom Price (R) defeated Rodney Stooksbury (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Neither candidate faced a primary opponent on May 24, 2016.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Price Incumbent	61.7%	201,088
	Democratic	Rodney Stooksbury	38.3%	124,917
Total Votes				326,005
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

2014

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 6th Congressional District of Georgia held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Tom Price (R) defeated challenger Robert Montigel (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Price Incumbent	66.04%	139,018
	Democratic	Robert Montigel	33.96%	71,486
Total Votes				210,504
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

General election candidates

• Tom Price - Incumbent
• Robert Montigel

May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Tom Price - Incumbenta

Democratic Primary

• Robert Montigela

2012

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 6th Congressional District of Georgia held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Tom Price won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Price Incumbent	64.5%	189,669
	Democratic	Jeff Kazanow	35.5%	104,365
Total Votes				294,034
Source: Georgia Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Tom Price won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sean Greenberg (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Price incumbent	99.9%	198,100
	Independent	Sean Greenberg	0.1%	188
Total Votes				198,288

2008
On November 4, 2008, Tom Price won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Jones (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Price incumbent	68.5%	231,520
	Democratic	Bill Jones	31.5%	106,551
Total Votes				338,071

2006
On November 7, 2006, Tom Price won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Steve Sinton (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Price incumbent	72.4%	144,958
	Democratic	Steve Sinton	27.6%	55,294
Total Votes				200,252

2004
On November 2, 2004, Tom Price won election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Price	100%	267,542
	N/A	Write-in	0%	77
Total Votes				267,619

2002
On November 5, 2002, Johnny Isakson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeff Weisberger (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Johnny Isakson incumbent	79.9%	163,525
	Democratic	Jeff Weisberger	20.1%	41,204
Total Votes				204,729

2000
On November 7, 2000, Johnny Isakson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Brett DeHart (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Georgia District 6 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Johnny Isakson incumbent	74.8%	256,595
	Democratic	Brett DeHart	25.2%	86,666
Total Votes				343,261

Redistricting

2020-2023

See also: Redistricting in Georgia after the 2020 census

On December 8, 2023, Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed revised congressional maps into law. Legislators in the Georgia House of Representatives voted 98-71 to adopt the new congressional map on December 7. The Georgia State Senate voted 32-22 to adopt the congressional map on December 5.

On October 26, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled that the state's congressional and legislative district boundaries violated the Voting Rights Act and enjoined the state from using them for future elections. The court directed the Georgia General Assembly to develop new maps by December 8, 2023.

On December 28, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District upheld the maps enacted on December 8 and found them in compliance with the Voting Rights Act.

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The Court finds that the General Assembly fully complied with this Court’s order requiring the creation of a majority-Black congressional district in the region of the State where vote dilution was found. The Court further finds that the elimination of 2021 CD 7 did not violate the October 26, 2023 Order. Finally, the Court declines to adjudicate Plaintiffs’ new Section 2 claim based on a coalition of minority voters. Hence, the Court OVERRULES Plaintiffs’ objections ... and HEREBY APPROVES SB 3EX.

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The district court's approval of remedial state legislative maps was appealed to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral argument was scheduled for January 23, 2025.

How does redistricting in Georgia work? In Georgia, both congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature. A simple majority in each chamber is required to approve redistricting plans, which are subject to veto by the governor.

The Georgia Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous. There are no similar requirements for congressional districts.

Below are the congressional maps in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for Georgia’s 2024 congressional elections.

Georgia District 6
until January 2, 2025

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Georgia District 6
starting January 3, 2025

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2010-2011

This is the 6th Congressional District of Georgia after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Georgia after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Georgia State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

On August 22, 2011, Georgia's Republican leadership released their proposed Congressional redistricting map. Due to population growth, Georgia gained a 14th Congressional district following the 2010 census. The new district, according to the plan, is located in the northwestern part of the state. Rep. Tom Graves (R) was drawn into the new district, which left 9th District seat open in 2012. After redistricting, the 9th District leaned Republican. In addition, the plan displaced Rep. John Barrow (D), but Barrow (who had been displaced before) moved into the district in order to remain in the 12th District. Rep. Sanford Bishop's (D) district will become a majority-minority district. Also, Rep. Phil Gingrey's (R) 11th District picked up part of Atlanta. Overall, the plan was expected to bolster the Republican majority in the state's congressional delegation.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+22. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 22 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Georgia's 6th the 55th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 74.1%-24.7%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Georgia's 6th the 135th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 41.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 56.7%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Georgia's 6th Congressional District the 163rd most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.05. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.05 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Georgia
• Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
• Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
• Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2020
• Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 6

Footnotes

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Georgia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Ossoff (D)

Raphael Warnock (D)

Representatives

District 1

Earl Carter (R)

District 2

Sanford Bishop (D)

District 3

Brian Jack (R)

District 4

Hank Johnson (D)

District 5

Nikema Williams (D)

District 6

Lucy McBath (D)

District 7

Rich McCormick (R)

District 8

Austin Scott (R)

District 9

Andrew Clyde (R)

District 10

Mike Collins (R)

District 11

Barry Loudermilk (R)

District 12

Rick Allen (R)

District 13

David Scott (D)

District 14

Marjorie Greene (R)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (7)