GA Election Results: McBath Wins 6th District Democratic Runoff

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — Democratic voters in Georgia's 6th Congressional District have spoken, and they have chosen Lucy McBath to take on incumbent Rep. Karen Handel in the Nov. 6 general election. McBath defeated Kevin Abel in the July 24 primary runoff election. According to unofficial results on Georgia Secretary of State's website, McBath won the 6th District vote with 54 percent while Abel received 46 percent with 100 percent of the precincts reporting.

Both Democrats advanced to the runoff, as they were the top recipients of the votes in the May 22 primary election. McBath will now move on to the challenge Handel, a Republican, in the general election. Georgia's 6th Congressional District covers North Fulton County and parts of East Cobb and DeKalb counties.

Handel won the seat in 2017 in a special election, defeating Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff in a closely-watched race. That special election was held to replace former Rep. Tom Price, who briefly served as President Donald Trump's Health and Human Service secretary before leaving the post amidst a scandal over his use of expensive private jets.

Other races

Of course, the race on everyone's mind is the Republican primary runoff to become Georgia's next governor. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who received a late-in-the-race endorsement from President Donald Trump, soundly defeated Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle with 69 percent of the Republican vote. Cagle, who was endorsed by Gov. Nathan Deal, 31 percent of the vote.

State Sen. David Shafer appears to have squeaked out an extremely tight win over State Rep. Geoff Duncan in the race to replace Cagle as lieutenant governor. Duncan is leading the race with a less-than-2,000-vote margin, getting 50.1 percent of the vote to Shafer's 49.85 percent. Duncan is set to face Democrat Sarah Riggs Amico for state government's No. 2 spot.

And in the GOP race to replace Kemp as Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger defeated former Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle with 62 percent of the vote to Belle Isle's 38 percent.

"I would like to thank my fellow Georgians for your support tonight," Raffensperger, a former state representative and Johns Creek City Council member, said on his Facebook page. "We have won the Republican nomination for Secretary of State. Thank you all!"

Democratic voters chose Otha Thornton Jr. over Sid Chapman to face incumbent Republican State School Superintendent Richard Woods in the Nov. 6 General Election. Thornton won the race with 59 percent of the vote to Chapman's 41 percent.

In the 7th Congressional District, which includes parts of Gwinnett and Forsyth counties, Carolyn Bourdeaux and David Kim faced off for the right to challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Rob Woodall. Bourdeaux is leading the race with 52 percent to Kim's 48 percent.

In Georgia, runoffs are held if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in a general or special election.

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