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- A special election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 6th congressional district was held on April 18, 2017, with a runoff held two months later on June 20. Republican Karen Handel narrowly defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the runoff vote, 51.8% to 48.2%. Handel succeeded Tom Price, who resigned from the seat following his confirmation as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump Administration. The runoff election was necessary when no individual candidate earned the majority of votes in the election on April 18. Ossoff received 48.1% of the vote in the first round, followed by Handel with 19.8%. Georgia's state law requires the Governor of Georgia to call for a special election to be held at least 30 days after a vacancy. Following Price's resignation, Governor Nathan Deal called for the special election to be held on April 18, with a filing window for prospective candidates from February 13 to 15, 2017. All candidates ran on one ballot, with a runoff election scheduled for the first- and second-place finishers, if no candidate received 50% of the vote. Neither Ossoff nor Handel received a majority, and despite the Democratic Ossoff's finishing nearly 30 points ahead in the first round, Republican Handel nonetheless prevailed in the runoff election, though she would ultimately lose reelection in 2018 to Democrat Lucy McBath. Ossoff would later go on to be elected a United States Senator, defeating incumbent David Perdue in the 2021 runoff election, becoming the first Jewish senator from Georgia, the first millennial elected to the Senate, and the youngest Democratic Senator elected since Joe Biden in 1972. The election attracted exceptional national interest, with both major parties perceiving it as an opportunity to shape the political narrative prior to the 2018 midterm elections. The district has a history of favoring GOP House candidates by large margins, but Trump won it by just 1% in 2016, making Democrats hopeful to win a normally strong GOP district. A total of $50 million was spent as of the close of early-voting period on June 17, making it the most expensive House election in history. Of that, more than $40 million was spent on television and radio advertising alone, smashing past House election records. A very high number of voters—140,000—cast ballots during the runoff-election early-voting period. (en)
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- ;Federal politicians
*David Perdue, U.S. Senator (en)
- ;Organizations
* Club for Growth (en)
- * Austin Petersen, candidate for President of the United States in 2016
* William Kristol, political analyst and commentator, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard (en)
- ;Federal politicians
* Julián Castro, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
* Catherine Cortez Masto, U.S. Senator
* Maggie Hassan, U.S. Senator
* Hank Johnson, U.S. Representative
* John Lewis, U.S. Representative
* Tom Perez, Chairman of Democratic National Committee and former U.S. Secretary of Labor
* Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator
* Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative
* Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator
* David Scott, U.S. Representative
* Sanford Bishop, U.S. Representative
;Statewide politicians
* Stacey Abrams, Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives
*Roy Barnes, former Governor of Georgia
*Sally Harrell, former state representative
* Jason Kander, former Missouri Secretary of State
;Celebrities
*Misha Collins, actor and former White House intern
*Anthony Fantano, music critic, video producer, journalist, and creator of The Needle Drop
*Christopher Gorham, actor
*Chelsea Handler, comedian and talk show host
*Samuel L. Jackson, actor and civil rights activist
*Rose McGowan, actress
*Alyssa Milano, actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
;Organizations
*Democracy for America, progressive political action committee
*End Citizens United, grassroots progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee
*Friends of the Earth Action
*League of Conservation Voters
*National Jewish Democratic Council
*Pride Fund to End Gun Violence PAC, progressive political action committee that "supports candidates who will act on sensible gun policy reforms while championing LGBTQ safety and equality"
*Democrats for 2020, liberal news feed
;Websites
*Daily Kos, political news blog
*Moveon.org, progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee (en)
- ;Federal officials
*Donald Trump, President of the United States
*Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States
;U.S. Cabinet and Cabinet-level officials
*Sonny Perdue, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former Governor of Georgia
*Tom Price, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human services and former representative
;U.S. Senators
*Saxby Chambliss, former U.S. Senator
*Johnny Isakson, U.S. Senator
*David Perdue, U.S. Senator
*Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator
*Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator
;U.S. Representatives
*Paul Ryan, U.S. House speaker
*Kevin McCarthy, U.S. House Majority Leader
*Greg Gianforte, U.S. Representative
*Barry Loudermilk, U.S. Representative
;Governors
*Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia
*Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and 2012 presidential nominee
;Statewide elected officials
*Mike Bowers, former Attorney General of Georgia
*Tim Echols, public service commissioner
;Local officeholders
*D.C. Aiken, former Alpharetta councilmember
*JoAnn Birrell, Cobb County commissioner
*Nancy Diamond, Roswell councilmember
*Steve Dorvee, former Roswell councilmember
*Chuck Eaton, public service commissioner
*Joe Gebbia, Brookhaven councilmember
*Jim Gilvin, Alpharetta councilmember
*Ashley Jenkins, former Sandy Springs councilmember
*Randall Johnson, former Johns Creek councilmember
*Mike Kenn, former Fulton County commission chair
*Arthur Lepchas, former Alpharetta mayor
*Joe Lockwood, Milton mayor
*Joe Longoria, Milton councilmember
*Bill Lusk, Milton councilmember
*Bates Mattison, Brookhaven mayor pro tem
*Karen Meinzen-McEnerny, former Sandy Springs councilmember
*Dan Merkel, Alpharetta councilmember
*Terry Nall, Dunwoody councilmember
*Bob Ott, Cobb County commissioner
*Chris Owens, Alpharetta mayor pro tem
*Rusty Paul, Mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia
*Michelle Penkara, member of the Tucker, Georgia City Council
*Donna Pittman, Mayor of Doraville, Georgia
*Kristen Riley, former Roswell councilmember
*Jim Still, Mayor of Mountain Park, Fulton County, Georgia
*Pam Tallmadge, Dunwoody councilmember
*Karen Thurman, Milton councilmember
*Honey Van De Kreke, Tucker councilmember
*Rebecca Chase Williams, former Mayor of Brookhaven
*Becky Wynn, Roswell councilmember
;Former candidates
*David Abroms, businessman
*Bob Gray, businessman and Johns Creek councilmember
*Judson Hill, former state senator
*Bruce LeVell, businessman
;Organizations
*Georgia Chamber of Commerce
*National Rifle Association
*Susan B. Anthony List
*U.S. Chamber of Commerce (en)
- ;Federal politicians
* Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* Marco Rubio, United States Senator (en)
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