Georgia's 6th congressional district

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Georgia's 6th congressional district
Georgia US Congressional District 6 (since 2013).tif
Georgia's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
U.S. Representative
  Lucy McBath
D–Marietta
Distribution
  • 99.77[1]% urban
  • 0.23% rural
Population (2017)756,389[2]
Median income$92,317[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+8[4]

Georgia's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2019 it is represented by Democrat Lucy McBath. The Georgia 6th district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.[5] The first election using the new district boundaries (listed below) was the 2012 congressional elections.

The district consists of many of the northern suburbs of Atlanta and includes portions of eastern Cobb County, northern Fulton County, and northern Dekalb County. The district includes all or portions of the cities of Roswell, Johns Creek, Tucker, Alpharetta, Marietta, Milton, Mountain Park, Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, and Dunwoody.[6]

The district is known for producing prominent figures in American politics, including House Speaker and 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, and U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, though both Gingrich and Price resigned as Speaker and Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1999 and 2017, with Gingrich leaving from fallout over an extramarital affair and Price departing after criticism regarding his expensive and frequent use of military and charter aircraft for travel as Secretary. It was also known as a Republican stronghold in elections, with Republicans winning every election from 1978 to 2018, when incumbent Karen Handel, who had won a special election in 2017, lost to Democrat Lucy McBath.

Counties[edit]

History[edit]

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). The district was represented by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich from 1979 to 1999.

The District was represented by a Republican consistently from 1979 to 2019, the longest in the state; however, in the 2018 election it was won by Democrat Lucy McBath.

Recent results in presidential elections[edit]

Year Office Results
2000 President George W. Bush 68% - Al Gore 32%
2004 President George W. Bush 70% - John Kerry 29%
2008 President John McCain 62% - Barack Obama 37%
2012 President Mitt Romney 60.8% - Barack Obama 37.5%
2016 President Donald Trump 48.3% - Hillary Clinton 46.8%


List of members representing the district[edit]

Cong
ress 		Representative Party Years Electoral history District geography
20th TomlinsonFort.jpg
Tomlinson Fort 		Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829 		Elected in 1827.[7] [Data unknown/missing.]
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th 		Inactive
29th
30th
31st 		Howell cobb.jpg
Howell Cobb 		Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851 		Re-elected in 1845.
Re-elected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
Elected Governor of Georgia in 1851.[8] 		[Data unknown/missing.]
32nd
33rd 		Junius Hillyer.jpg
Junius Hillyer 		Unionist March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1855 		Elected in 1851.
Re-elected in 1853.[9] 		[Data unknown/missing.]
Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
34th Howell Cobb-crop.jpg
Howell Cobb 		Democratic March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857 		Elected in 1855.
[Data unknown/missing.][8] 		[Data unknown/missing.]
35th
36th 		JamesJacksonGA.jpg
James Jackson 		Democratic March 4, 1857 –
January 23, 1861 		Elected in 1857.
Re-elected in 1859.
Resigned from office in 1861, following Georgia's secession from the Union.[10] 		[Data unknown/missing.]
36th
37th
38th
39th
40th 		Vacant January 23, 1861 –
July 25, 1868 		Georgia attempted to secede from the Union and seat remained unclaimed during the Civil War and Reconstruction.[citation needed] [Data unknown/missing.]
40th Vacant July 25, 1868 –
March 3, 1869 		Georgia rejoined the Union, but district failed to elect a representative in the 1867 election.[citation needed] [Data unknown/missing.]
41st Vacant March 4, 1869 –
December 22, 1870 		District failed to elect a representative in the 1869 election.[citation needed]
WilliamPPrice.jpg
William P. Price 		Democratic December 22, 1870 –
March 3, 1873 		Elected to finish the vacant term.
Re-elected in 1870.
Retired.[11]
42nd
43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd 		James Henderson Blount - Brady-Handy.jpg
James H. Blount 		Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1893 		Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Retired.[12] 		[Data unknown/missing.]
53rd Thomas B. Cabaniss.jpg
Thomas B. Cabaniss 		Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895 		Elected in 1892.
Lost renomination.[13] 		[Data unknown/missing.]
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd 		CharlesLBartlett.jpg
Charles L. Bartlett 		Democratic March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1915 		Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Retired.[14] 		[Data unknown/missing.]
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th 		JamesWWise.jpg
James W. Wise 		Democratic March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1925 		Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Failed to attend the 68th Congress due to prolonged illness.
Retired.[15] 		[clarification needed]
69th
70th
71st
72nd 		SamuelRutherfordGA.jpg
Samuel Rutherford 		Democratic March 4, 1925 –
February 4, 1932 		Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Died.[16]
72nd Vacant February 4, 1932 –
March 2, 1932
72nd Carlton Mobley 1932.jpg
Carlton Mobley 		Democratic March 2, 1932 –
March 3, 1933 		Elected to finish Rutherford's term.
Retired.[17]
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th 		Carl Vinson 1943 Portrait.jpg
Carl Vinson 		Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1965 		Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Retired.[18] 		[Data unknown/missing.]
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th 		John James Flynt.jpg
Jack Flynt 		Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1979 		Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Retired.[19]
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th 		NewtGingrich.jpg
Newt Gingrich 		Republican January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1999 		Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998, but resigned.[20]
106th Vacant January 3, 1999 –
February 23, 1999 		Vacant
106th
107th 		Johnny Isakson.jpg
Johnny Isakson 		Republican February 23, 1999 –
January 3, 2005 		Elected to finish Gingrich's term.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Retired after being elected to the U.S. Senate.[21]
108th Parts of Cobb, Cherokee, and Fulton counties.
United States House of Representatives, Georgia District 6 map.png
109th Tom Price crop.jpg
Tom Price 		Republican January 3, 2005 –
February 10, 2017 		Elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.[22]
110th
111th
112th 		Cherokee County and parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties.
United States House of Representatives, Georgia District 06, 110th Congress.png
113th
114th
115th 		Parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties.
115th
Vacant February 10, 2017 –
June 26, 2017
Karen C. Handel.jpg
Karen Handel 		Republican June 26, 2017 –
January 3, 2019 		Elected to finish Price's term.

Lost re-election.
116th Lucy McBath, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg
Lucy McBath 		Democratic January 3, 2019 –
Present 		Elected in 2018.
Cong
ress 		Representative Party Years Electoral history District geography

Election results[edit]

1974[edit]

Main article: Georgia's 6th congressional district election, 1974
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (1974)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jack Flynt* 49,082 51.45
Republican Newt Gingrich 46,308 48.55
Total votes 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2000[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2000)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Johnny Isakson* 256,595 74.75
Democratic Brett DeHart 86,666 25.25
Total votes 343,261 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2002[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Johnny Isakson* 163,209 79.91
Democratic Jeff Weisberger 41,043 20.09
Total votes 204,252 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2004)[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price 267,542 100.00
Total votes 267,542 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 144,958 72.39
Democratic Steve Sinton 55,294 27.61
Total votes 200,252 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 231,520 68.48
Democratic Bill Jones 106,551 31.52
Total votes 338,071 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2010)[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 198,100 99.91
Write-in Sean Greenberg 188 0.09
Total votes 198,288 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2012[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2012)[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 189,669 64.51
Democratic Jeff Kazanow 104,365 35.49
Total votes 294,034 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2014[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2014)[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 139,018 66.04
Democratic Robert G. Montigel 71,486 33.96
Total votes 210,504 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2016[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2016)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 201,088 61.7
Democratic Rodney Stooksbury 124,917 38.3
Total votes 326,005 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2017 special election[edit]

Main article: Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017

Primary[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district special election (2017)
Party Candidate Votes %
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
Turnout   43.47
Runoff election

Results[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district special election (2017)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

2018[edit]

Georgia's 6th congressional district, 2018[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lucy McBath 164,353 50.96
Republican Karen Handel (incumbent) 156,427 49.04
Total votes 315,772 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

Living former members[edit]

As of January 2019, there are four living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th congressional district.

Representative Term of office Date of birth (and age)
Newt Gingrich 1979–1999 (1943-06-17) June 17, 1943 (age 75)
Johnny Isakson 1999–2005 (1944-12-28) December 28, 1944 (age 74)
Tom Price 2005–2017 (1954-10-08) October 8, 1954 (age 64)
Karen Handel 2017–2019 (1962-04-18) April 18, 1962 (age 56)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  2. ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=13&cd=06
  3. ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=13&cd=06
  4. ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. ^ Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27
  6. ^ 2012 Congressional maps - Metro Atlanta, Georgia Legislature. Last accessed 2012-01-01
  7. ^ United States Congress. "Tomlinson Fort (id: F000289)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. ^ a b United States Congress. "Howell Cobb (id: C000548)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  9. ^ United States Congress. "Junius Hillyer (id: H000625)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  10. ^ United States Congress. "James Jackson (id: J000016)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  11. ^ United States Congress. "William Pierce Price (id: P000533)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  12. ^ United States Congress. "James Henderson Blount (id: B000568)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  13. ^ United States Congress. "Thomas Banks Cabaniss (id: C000001)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  14. ^ United States Congress. "Charles Lafayette Bartlett (id: B000199)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  15. ^ United States Congress. "James Walter Wise (id: W000650)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  16. ^ United States Congress. "Samuel Rutherford (id: R000549)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  17. ^ United States Congress. "William Carlton Mobley (id: M000835)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  18. ^ United States Congress. "Carl Vinson (id: V000105)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  19. ^ United States Congress. "John James Flynt, Jr. (id: F000229)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  20. ^ United States Congress. "Newton Leroy Gingrich (id: G000225)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  21. ^ United States Congress. "Johnny Isakson (id: I000055)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  22. ^ United States Congress. "Tom Price (id: P000591)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  23. ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2004_1102/federal.htm
  24. ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2010_1102/swall.htm
  25. ^ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/42277/113204/en/summary.html
  26. ^ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/54042/149045/en/summary.html
  27. ^ "GA - Election Night Reporting".
  28. ^ Cite error: The named reference GA-RESULTS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Further reading[edit]

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links[edit]

Preceded by
Massachusetts's 1st congressional district 		Home district of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
December 22, 1849 – March 4, 1851 		Succeeded by
Kentucky's 1st congressional district
Preceded by
Washington's 5th congressional district 		Home district of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1999 		Succeeded by
Illinois's 14th congressional district

Coordinates: 34°00′47″N 84°20′44″W / 34.01306°N 84.34556°W / 34.01306; -84.34556

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