Democrat Jon Ossoff will face Republican Karen Handel in a June 20 runoff to decide Georgia’s 6th Congressional District Special Election. File.
Brookhaven, GA, April 19, 2017 – by Trey Benton – In a crowded race under a Nation’s microscope, a race that many are calling a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump, Georgia’s 6th District Special Election to fill the seat Tom Price vacated to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, will be decided in a runoff on June 20th.
Republican Karen Handel and Democrat front-runner Jon Ossoff were the top two vote getters in a crowded field of 18 candidates, but neither was able to pull in 50% plus one vote to claim the seat outright.
Throughout Election Night, Ossoff stayed above the 50% mark, even after DeKalb County and Cobb County showed 100% of their respective precincts reported. It seemed as though the vote counters in Fulton County took a bit of a break from tabulating their results once the Counties/Precincts Reporting tally’s stuck at 67%.
The stall in the Fulton County results was blamed on a “faulty memory card” that experienced a data error, according to Fulton County officials. After the faulty card was found, the vote count resumed.
Once the Fulton results finally began to come in, it became apparent that no candidate was going to take home a victory Tuesday night, although Ossoff told supporters the campaign has already achieved a victory of sorts.
“There is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages,” said Ossoff. “We have shattered expectations. We are changing the world. And your voices are going to ring out across this state and across this country.”
In the 2016 Presidential Election, Trump only won the “red” 6th District over Democrat Challenger Hillary Clinton, by just 1 percentage point, giving Democrats hope they can “Flip the 6th.”
Since 1978, when former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was elected to represent the 6th after Democrat U.S. Representative John James Flynt Jr. declined to seek reelection for the seat he held for 34 years, the District has been a Republican stronghold. Gingrich represented the 6th from 1979 until his resignation in 1999.
Voters in the 6th District have also elected the likes of Republican U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, who represented the 6th from 1999 to 2005, and most recently, former Republican U.S. Representative Tom Price held the seat from 2005 until he resigned in 2017 to become the Nation’s Health Secretary.
The race for the 6th continues….
24 Comments
Tomato-Eating Chipmunk
Remember, Karen Handel left the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation in 2012 because it supports Planned Parenthood. Handel doesn’t care about women’s health.
Eric05
. .and the two months of negativity begins
Susan
After a little research I’m not so sure PP cares about women’s health.
Hunter Burke
Karen Handel shares one quality with Hillary Clinton: They’re both un-likeable. It is not because they’re women, it’s something else undefinable that’s unpleasant.
Heather
I went there gawd only knows how many times when I was young when I would not have been able to afford a doctor otherwise.
Besides the super affordable and easy to schedule gyno checkups, they’re really great if you’re a young woman that has fibrous breast tissue that needs to be checked regularly.
Eric Robert
Seems to me the message has already been sent even if Handel ultimately wins. 1st – Ossoff got over 48%. In a field this large and based on past voting results its clear the voters of the 6th want someone who will work with anyone who wants to reduce waste and pursue sensible goals. In other words put country before party. 2nd By relecting Dan Moody and Judson Hill the voters of the 6th rejected Senator David Purdue and those saying they will work to promote Donald Trump’s agenda. 3rd they also rejected negative campaigning – which Judson Hill seemed to lead the pack in doing – his terrorist mailouts were rejected. The special interest groups’ ads saying Ossoff is a terrorist sympathizer were rejected. This was a victory for civility and realizing we are well into the 21st century. I’m thrilled the voters rejected Judson Hill and Dan Moody they are relics and reflect the ugliness of the many Legislators in the Georgia State Capitol.
Riley OConnor
So, is Lysol the appropriate sanitizer to kill all the cooties from the election campaign “literature” in my recycle bin?
Eric Robert
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446830/karen-handel-bob-gray-georgia-sixth-house-district-election
I didn’t realize 4th district council person was such a rabid republican. Childish how they try to make it sound like Ossoff living with his girlfriend in the “Emory Area” is somehow bad. Brookhaven’s fourth is pretty close to the Emory area.
Sad of the 4 Brookhaven precincts, the 4th probably has the highest # of immigrant residents, yet this is who they have electing them? Does Joe Gebbia support Trump’s robo call against Ossoff where Trump said “”If you don’t vote tomorrow, Ossoff will raise your taxes, destroy your health care and flood our country with illegal immigrants.”” disgusting!
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/donald-trump-john-osoff-robocall/
Heather
I much prefer Trump’s twitter feed where he suggests Ossoff is going to let criminals run rampant but he’ll also take away everyone’s guns.
Thomas Porter
Lysol!!! Ha!
Saul
O’Reilly, yes. As long as someone else in Brookhaven’s isn’t hoarding it and it’s available.
BTW, please mind your manners.
Saul
Eric, just add up the numbers for the candidate votes for the two parties. If you need me to further explain this message, let me know.
Saul
I envy Ossoff. I always wanted to be a kept man.
Ricky Bobby
On June 21, Karen Handel is going to look in the camera and say…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4usE2RePqo
Riley OConnor
There’s a different “4th” involved here. Yes, Joe Gebbia represents the 4th City Council District, but the “4th” in question here is probably the “4th Congressional District”, which includes the Emory area.
Eric Robert
Sure but I’m talking about Joe Gebbia being sorely out of step with the constituents of Brookhaven’s District 4. Sad. Perhaps that explains the failure to buy one acre of greenspace in District 4 while other districts have added greenspace.
Kerry
I predict before Gebbia qualifies for reelection the city will find some raggedy ass lot somewhere and try to purchase it or some right of way do he can say he brought a park to D4. Gebbia is a terrible rep. Unless you’re on the other side of 85.
Eddie E.
Well, Karen sure knows something about being last.
Eddie E.
Two months of reminding people that ‘liberal’ is a good thing, a very good thing!
Eric05
maybe a web poster should run and show everyone how to do it.
Heather
With our cuckoo President praising Handel and taking partial credit for her win- don’t hold your breath that those numbers will hold.
Eric Robert
They also both quit being Secretary of State. Though Hillary did serve the entirety of Obama’s first term and Handel after only 2 years that racked up ethics issues quit in her failed attempt to run for Governor. Handle was in her prime tending to Fulton County under Mike Kenn’s name – since then its been down hill.
D Purdue
“Handel is not one of us.”
Eddie E.
Two months provide the Handel campaign with an opportunity to demonstrate the stellar accomplishments she has made since attaining her GED……
I’m sure they can come up with something…..
Anything…..
A job she didn’t walk away from or get fired from…….
Somebody who vouch for her……..
O heck. on to milton county.