Georgia's 6th congressional district
Georgia's 6th congressional district | |
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Georgia's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | Karen Handel (R–Roswell) |
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Population (2016) | 756,004[2] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+8[3] |
Georgia's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2017 it is represented by Republican Karen Handel. The district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.[4] 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, Milton, Mountain Park, Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, and Dunwoody.[5]
Counties
- 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
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 has been represented by a Republican consistently since 1979, the longest in the state.
Recent results in presidential elections
Year | Office | Results |
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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 61% - Barack Obama 38% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 48% - Hillary Clinton 47% |
List of representatives
Cong ress |
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history | District geography | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20th | Tomlinson Fort |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
Elected in 1827.[6] | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th |
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29th 30th 31st |
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.[7] |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32nd 33rd |
Junius Hillyer |
Unionist | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853.[8] |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Democratic | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34th | Howell Cobb |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
Elected in 1855. [Data unknown/missing.][7] |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35th 36th |
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.[9] |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th |
Vacant | January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868 |
Georgia seceded from the Union and seat remained unclaimed during the Civil War and Reconstruction. | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40th | Vacant | July 25, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
Georgia rejoined the Union, but district failed to elect a representative in the 1867 election. | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41st | Vacant | March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870 |
District failed to elect a representative in the 1869 election. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William P. Price |
Democratic | December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1873 |
Elected to finish the vacant term. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.[10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42nd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd |
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.[11] |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53rd | Thomas B. Cabaniss |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
Elected in 1892. Lost renomination.[12] |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd |
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.[13] |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th |
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.[14] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69th 70th 71st 72nd |
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.[15] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72nd | Vacant | February 4, 1932 – March 2, 1932 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72nd | Carlton Mobley |
Democratic | March 2, 1932 – March 3, 1933 |
Elected to finish Rutherford's term. Retired.[16] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th |
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.[17] |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th |
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.[18] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th |
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.[19] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
106th | Vacant | January 3, 1999 – February 23, 1999 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
106th 107th |
Johnny Isakson |
Republican | February 23, 1999 – January 3, 2005 |
Elected to finish Gingrich's term. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.[20] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
108th | Parts of Cobb, Cherokee, and Fulton counties. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
109th | 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.[21] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
110th 111th 112th |
Cherokee County and parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
113th 114th 115th |
Parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
115th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vacant | February 10, 2017 – June 26, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Karen Handel |
Republican | June 26, 2017 – Present |
Elected to finish Price's term. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cong ress |
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history | District geography |
Election results
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jack Flynt* | 49,082 | 51.45 | |
Republican | Newt Gingrich | 46,308 | 48.55 | |
Total votes | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Johnny Isakson* | 256,595 | 74.75 | |
Democratic | Brett DeHart | 86,666 | 25.25 | |
Total votes | 343,261 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Johnny Isakson* | 163,209 | 79.91 | |
Democratic | Jeff Weisberger | 41,043 | 20.09 | |
Total votes | 204,252 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price | 267,542 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 267,542 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price* | 144,958 | 72.39 | |
Democratic | Steve Sinton | 55,294 | 27.61 | |
Total votes | 200,252 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price* | 231,520 | 68.48 | |
Democratic | Bill Jones | 106,551 | 31.52 | |
Total votes | 338,071 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price* | 198,100 | 99.91 | |
Write-in | Sean Greenberg | 188 | 0.09 | |
Total votes | 198,288 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Price* | 189,669 | 64.51 | |
Democratic | Jeff Kazanow | 104,365 | 35.49 | |
Total votes | 294,034 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Primary
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 | ||
Turnout | 43.47 | |||
Runoff election |
Results
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 |
Living former members
As of April 2017, there are three 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) |
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Newt Gingrich | 1979–1999 | June 17, 1943 |
Johnny Isakson | 1999–2005 | December 28, 1944 |
Tom Price | 2005–2017 | October 8, 1954 |
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
- ↑ 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. 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.
- 1 2 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".
Further reading
- 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
- 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