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Georgia 6th: Dems double down on Handel’s ‘big spending,’ past runs for office
A super PAC aligned with House Democratic leaders is out with a big new ad buy that hits Republican 6th District candidate Karen Handel on familiar issues: her past runs for office and “fancy” spending...
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6th District: What to watch for during Tuesday’s debate
Georgia’s 6th District House seat may serve a compact portion of the north Atlanta suburbs, but national issues are likely to dominate the first head-to-head debate between Republican Karen Handel and...
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Washington, not Marietta or Roswell, dominates first Sixth District debate
Former House Speaker Tip O’Neill coined the slogan “all politics is local.” But that once reliable catchphrase felt like a relic Tuesday during the first head-to-head debate in the nationally-watched...
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Livable wages, health care lectures: The most striking 6th District debate...
There were plenty of telling exchanges Tuesday during the 6th District’s first and only live televised debate between Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff. There were the “how dare you”...
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6th District race prompts many locals to get involved for first time
Tuesday’s special election to replace Tom Price in Atlanta’s affluent northern suburbs has generated an unprecedented amount of voter enthusiasm, money and attention, locally and beyond. People who...
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Georgia 6th: Republicans circle the wagons around Karen Handel
Some of the top elected Republicans in Georgia on Monday evening had a message to relay just 12 hours before the polls opened in the 6th Congressional District: it’s all hands on deck for Karen Handel....
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Live updates: Handel celebrates following win in Georgia’s 6th District
Georgia is sending its first Republican woman to Congress. News outlets began declaring Karen Handel the winner of Georgia’s 6th District U.S. House seat at roughly 10 p.m. Tuesday evening, three hours...
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Watch Karen Handel get sworn in as Georgia’s first GOP congresswoman
WASHINGTON — Karen Handel made Georgia history Monday evening, becoming the state’s first Republican congresswoman when she was sworn in by House Speaker Paul Ryan to represent Georgia’s 6th District....
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Tommy Irvin, former ag commissioner and mentor to Zell Miller, dead at 88
Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin in 2009. AJC file Tommy Irvin, who as agriculture commissioner was Georgia’s longest-serving constitutional officer, died late Thursday, his grandson has confirmed....
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To end the 2017 race for mayor of Atlanta, put the 2009 race to bed
Atlanta mayoral candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms on election night. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL The 2017 race for mayor of Atlanta is over. And yet it continues. The election boards of Fulton and DeKalb...
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