Georgia's 6th congressional district
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| Georgia's 6th congressional district | |||
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 Georgia's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |||
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| Population (2017) | 756,389[2] | ||
| Median income | $92,317[3] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+8[4] | ||
Georgia's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2019[update] 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 former House Speaker and 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, and U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson. 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.
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Counties[edit]
- Cobb (Partial, see also 11th district and 13th district)
- DeKalb (Partial, see also 4th district and 5th district)
- Fulton (Partial, see also 5th district, 11th district, and 13th district)
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]
Election results[edit]
1974[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jack Flynt (Incumbent) | 49,082 | 51.45% | |
| Republican | Newt Gingrich | 46,308 | 48.55% | |
| Total votes | 100.00% | |||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2000[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Johnny Isakson (Incumbent) | 256,595 | 74.75% | |
| Democratic | Brett DeHart | 86,666 | 25.25% | |
| Total votes | 343,261 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2002[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Johnny Isakson (Incumbent) | 163,209 | 79.91% | |
| Democratic | Jeff Weisberger | 41,043 | 20.09% | |
| Total votes | 204,252 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2004[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Price | 267,542 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 267,542 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2006[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 144,958 | 72.39% | |
| Democratic | Steve Sinton | 55,294 | 27.61% | |
| Total votes | 200,252 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2008[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 231,520 | 68.48% | |
| Democratic | Bill Jones | 106,551 | 31.52% | |
| Total votes | 338,071 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2010[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 198,100 | 99.91% | |
| Write-in | Sean Greenberg | 188 | 0.09% | |
| Total votes | 198,288 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2012[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 189,669 | 64.51% | |
| Democratic | Jeff Kazanow | 104,365 | 35.49% | |
| Total votes | 294,034 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2014[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
2016[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Price (Incumbent) | 201,088 | 61.7% | |
| Democratic | Rodney Stooksbury | 124,917 | 38.3% | |
| Total votes | 326,005 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2017 special election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 92673 | 48.2% | |
| Republican | Karen Handel | 38071 | 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 | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lucy McBath | 160,139 | 50.51% | |
| Republican | Karen Handel (Incumbent) | 156,875 | 49.49% | |
| Total votes | 317,014 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
Living former members[edit]
As of January 2019[update], there are four living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th congressional district. The most recent representative to die was John Flynt (served 1965–1979) on June 24, 2007.
| Representative | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
|---|---|---|
| Newt Gingrich | 1979–1999 | June 17, 1943 |
| Johnny Isakson | 1999–2005 | December 28, 1944 |
| Tom Price | 2005–2017 | October 8, 1954 |
| Karen Handel | 2017–2019 | April 18, 1962 |
See also[edit]
- Georgia's at-large congressional district
- Georgia's 10th congressional district
- Georgia's 4th congressional district
- Georgia's congressional districts
- Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
- ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=13&cd=06
- ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=13&cd=06
- ^ "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.
- ^ Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27
- ^ 2012 Congressional maps - Metro Atlanta, Georgia Legislature. Last accessed 2012-01-01
- ^ United States Congress. "Tomlinson Fort (id: F000289)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ a b United States Congress. "Howell Cobb (id: C000548)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "Junius Hillyer (id: H000625)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "James Jackson (id: J000016)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "William Pierce Price (id: P000533)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "James Henderson Blount (id: B000568)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "Thomas Banks Cabaniss (id: C000001)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "Charles Lafayette Bartlett (id: B000199)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "James Walter Wise (id: W000650)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "Samuel Rutherford (id: R000549)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "William Carlton Mobley (id: M000835)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "Carl Vinson (id: V000105)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "John James Flynt, Jr. (id: F000229)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "Newton Leroy Gingrich (id: G000225)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "Johnny Isakson (id: I000055)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congress. "Tom Price (id: P000591)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2004_1102/federal.htm
- ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2010_1102/swall.htm
- ^ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/42277/113204/en/summary.html
- ^ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/54042/149045/en/summary.html
- ^ "GA - Election Night Reporting".
- ^ "November 6, 2018 General Election". GA - Election Night Reporting. Georgia Secretary of State. November 10, 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
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]
- PDF map of Georgia's 6th district at nationalatlas.gov
- Georgia's 6th congressional district at GovTrack.us
| 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
